A friend is, as it were, a second self.
There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.
The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.
If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.
You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.
