Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.
Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than in good.
You always knew after shitty things happened, who your friends really were.
You know when I told you the joke about how a friend will help you move, but a real friend will help you move a body? I was only kidding.
Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.
In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
A true friend is tested in adversity.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that too, unconditional assistance, Co-operation which needs consideration is as a commercial contract and not friendship. Conditional co-operation is like adulterated cement which does not bind.
When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
A man must have guts enough to fall out even with his friends .... The only way to play politics is not to play politics.
You find out who your true friends are not when you are on top of the world, but when the world is on top of you.
If they're a friend, they stick with you through the tough stuff.
Whenever a man reaches the top of the political ladder, his enemies unite to pull him down. His friends become critical and exacting.
The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing.
School is tough sometimes, but it’s all about knowing who your real friends are.
You know who your true friends are when things go wrong for you, but the opposite is also true. When things go well, the people who really love you are happy.
I moved to the city in August of 1980, and someone I thought was a friend had an apartment in this wedding cake of a building, so I slept on her couch for a few days.
Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend's gonna have to prove they're your friend, and you're gonna have to prove you're their friend.
I feel like there are instances and circumstances in your life that always change. You can think someone's your friend, and it could be out of convenience, or there was something in it for them, or whatever. And a year later, something happens and you really need help, or all of a sudden they have to stand up for you, and it could be inconvenient for them or not benefit them. And they don't have your back. And you're like, "Ok, that friendship was circumstantial. You were only my friend when it was easy." What's hard is you can't tell from the beginning.
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 simple?
