There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

Real friends stab you in the front.

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

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

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

The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.

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

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

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

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.