Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.