Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

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.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.