“The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always

“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I

“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” ~ Woodrow T. Wilson

“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

“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.” ~ Washington

“Some people go to priests, others to poetry, I to my friends.” ~ Virginia Woolf

“Be slow to fall into friendship- but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.” ~ Socrates

“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut

“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. but when thou art in, continue firm and and constant.” ~ Samuel Butler

“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.”

“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship. It is the spiritual inspiration that comes

“A friendship that can end never really began” ~ Publilius Syrus

“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod- my shadow does that much better.” ~ Plutarch

“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first. When you learn to live

“Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.” ~ Oscar Wilde

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when

“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

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of

“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.” ~ Marlene Dietrich

“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~ Marcel Proust

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” ~ Linda Grayson

“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.” ~ Laurence J.

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” ~ Khalil Gibran

“I think if I’ve learned anything about friendship, it’s to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don’t walk

“Every friendship travels at sometime through the black valley of despair. This tests every aspect of your affection. You lose the attraction and the magic.

“In prosperity our friends know us. In adversity we know our friends.” ~ John Churton Collins

“Friends are the family you choose.” ~ Jess C. Scott

“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” ~ Henry Ford

“The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” ~ Helen Keller

“Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.” ~ George Eliot

“Love is blind. Friendship closes its eyes.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

“The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly

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

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” ~ Elbert Hubbard

“Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life and they are the only things from this world

“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” ~ David Tyson Gentry

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other

“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.” ~ Charles Lamb

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value- rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” ~

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ~ C.S. Lewis

“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast. A wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend

“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver

“A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.”

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” ~ Aristotle

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” ~ Aristotle

“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side. Our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for