Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Above our life we love a steadfast friend.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!

We must love our friend so much that she shall be associated with our purest and holiest thoughts alone.

To me, a forever love is a bond that can't be broken.

Genuine and true love is so rare that when you encounter it in any form, it's a wonderful thing, to be utterly cherished in whatever form it takes.

It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true - to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.

The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers.

Julia is one of the most loyal people who ever lived. Her best friend is her best friend from third grade, and her other best friends are her best friends from Northwestern. Once you're a pal, you're a pal for life with Jules. I'm not just flattering her because she's my wife.

I have never met a man who I could still say, 'That is the love of my life.' Stuart is. I never met anybody as full of love and giving as this young man.

Love Him, and keep Him for thy Friend, who, when all go away, will not forsake thee, nor suffer thee to perish at the last.

I need honor and love in my life from somebody who's playin' for keeps. What I'm searching for is a man who'll stand by me: who will walk through the fire and be my flame in the night. I won't settle for less than what I deserve: a friend and a lover who'll love me for the rest of my life.

I have need of a friend. There is one and only one who will give the air from his failing lungs for my body's mend. And that one is my love.

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

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

I'm in love with one woman. I've been in love with one woman for 31 years. She is the finest human being I have ever known.

Few there are that will endure a true friend.

The people I love, I'm committed to loving for the rest of my life.

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.

The people who truly love me and loved me before all of this stuff. You can't ever leave them behind.

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.