Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

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

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.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

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.

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

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

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

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

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

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

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.