I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world..

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes wi….

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness..

If your house burns down, rescue the dogs. At least they'll be faithful to you..

Give us a man, young or old, high or low, on whom we know we can thoroughly depend, who will stand firm when others fail; the friend faithful and tru….

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship..

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are goo….

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other..

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else..

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend..

I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there..

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar..

Friends are necessary to a happy life. When friendship deserts us, we are as helpless as a ship left by the tide high upon the shore. When friendship….

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly..

I think that Nature meant kindly when she made our brothers few. However, my voice is still for peace..

Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly..

A friend is, as it were, a second self..

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

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

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”.

Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; ….