A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

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

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

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

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

Friendship is love without his wings!

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.

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

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

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

Between friends there is no need of justice.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

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.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.