"We are advertised by our loving friends."
-William Shakespeare
"Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love."
- Socrates
"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair."
- Samuel Johnson
"Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy."
"Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them."
- Publilius Syrus, Maxims
"True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions."
-Joseph Addison
“The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you’ve had.”
-Anonymous
“When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.”
- Japanese Proverb
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."
- George Washington
“Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait for the answer.”
-Anonymous
"Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends."
- Czech Proverb
"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
- Confucius
"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."
"Misfortune shows those who are not really friends."
- Aristotle
"Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love."
- Socrates
“There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship.”
-Anonymous
“If you’re alone, I’ll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I’ll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I’ll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I’ll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I’ll just be me.”
-Anonymous
“A real friend is someone who would feel loss if you jumped on a train, or in front of one.”
-Anonymous
“Lots of people want 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.”
-Oprah Winfrey
“Life without a friend is death without a witness.”
-Spanish Proverb
“Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”
-Sicilian Proverb
“A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked.”
-Anonymous
“The road to a friend’s house is never long.”
-Danish proverb
“To attract good fortune spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.”
-Chinese proverb
“Friends are kisses blown to us by angels.”
-Anonymous
“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?”
-Abraham Lincoln
“The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.”
-Goethe
“It is a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.”
-Benjamin Franklin
“A true friend is one soul divided into two people.”
-Aristotle
“Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.”
-Anonymous
“Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
“Friendship is like pee in your pants. Everyone can see it's there, but only you can feel the true warmth.”
-Anonymous
“There are three friends in this world -- courage, sense, and insight.”
-African proverb
“The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.”
-Homer
“Friends are family you choose for yourself.”
-Anonymous
“A good friend will bail you out of jail and lecture you about how you messed up. A great friend will be sitting right next to you laughing about it saying "damn, we really screwed up!"”
-Anonymous
