A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.
A good friend and a bad friend are like a perfume-seller and a blacksmith: The perfume-seller might give you some perfume as a gift, or you might buy some from him, or at least you might smell its fragrance. As for the blacksmith, he might singe your clothes, and at the very least you will breathe in the fumes of the furnace.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones
Two are better than one,because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lif' up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up.
If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.
We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you.
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
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