Quotes on Friendship

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.

Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . ."

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.

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.

Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.