Quotes on Friendship Day

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

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

Every man rejoices twice when he has a partner in his joy. He who shares tears with us wipes them away. He divides them in two, and he who laughs with us makes the joy double.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

To be simple is the best thing in the world.

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

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

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.

When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun.'

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

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.

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.