Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
—Jesse Owens (1913–80) American Track-and-Field Athlete
There is a way of speaking of people which has the mystical power of calling forth friendship and love for them-originating in friendship and love itself.
—Hans Margolius
A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
—Samuel Butler
Friendship lasts but for a day, business connections forever.
—Babylonian Proverb
I think the best friendships are those that can stand the test of time, where the friendship is based more on who you are than on what you do or what you have.
—Steve Pavlina (b.1971) American Motivational Speaker
True friends … face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
—C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish-born British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar
Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him; a new friend is as new wine.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
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.
—Unknown
What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–81) British Head of State
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
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; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
One of the surest evidences of friendship that one can display to another, is telling him gently of a fault.—If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
—Mencius (c.371–c.289 BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
They are rich who have true friends.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
No man is wise enough by himself.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) (c.250–184 BCE) Roman Comic Playwright
Friendship is love with understanding.
—Unknown
Better to lose a little money than a little friendship.
—African Proverb
That is what friendship means. Sharing the prejudice of experience.
—Charles Bukowski (1920–94) American Writer
Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.
—Turkish Proverb
Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries.—A marriage of love is pleasant—of interest, easy, and where both meet, happy.—A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and, indeed, all the sweets of life.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some people move our souls to dance.
They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon.
They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, nd we are never ever the same.
—Flavia Weedn
Hatred watches while friendship sleeps.
—French Proverb
He can hardly be a true friend to another, who is an enemy to himself.
—James Howell (c.1593–1666) Anglo-Welsh Writer, Historian
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
—Petrarch (1304–74) Italian Scholar, Poet, Humanist
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don’t believe I deserved my friends.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist, American, Poet, Essayist, Journalist
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
—Thomas Aquinas (1225–74) Italian Catholic Priest, Philosopher, Theologian
Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (b.1940) American Self-Help Author
Always set high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding.
—Indian Proverb
The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.
—Colette (1873–1954) French Novelist, Performer
Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.
—Scottish Proverb
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed.
—Baltasar Gracian (1601–58) Spanish Scholar, Prose Writer
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
—Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Lawyer
A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.
—Austin O’Malley (1858–1932) American Aphorist, Ophthalmologist
A good friend is cheaper than therapy.
—Unknown
A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes.
—Unknown
Tell me whom you frequent, and I will tell you who you are.
—French Proverb
What I cannot love, I overlook.
—Anais Nin (1903–77) French-American Essayist