Friendship in Adversity Quotes

...it's only on a black day that you begin to have friends.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone.

There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship.

Man have to have friends even in hell.

This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home.

In adverse hours the friendship of the good shines most; each prosperous day commands its friends.

It is often said that in prosperity we have many friends, but that we are usually neglected when things go badly. I disagree. Not only do malicious people flock about us in order to witness our ruin, but other unfortunates as well, who have been kept away by our happiness, and now feel close to us on account of our troubles.

When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.

My book 'Ali Pasha' tells the true story of a young sailor Henry Friston, who, in the hell-fire of battle, forms an unusual friendship.