A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented.
Envy is destroyed by true friendship, as coquetry by true love.
There is no man so friendless but that he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.
Friend is a very small word, A little sound we make, For one who is true, one who will do, Great deeds for friendship's sake.
I simply value Arthur Capel friendship. And even so, he knows very little about me.
Mouse was the truest friend I ever had. And if there is such a thing as true evil, he was that too.
I consider myself to be a true friend of the Israeli people. But I define friendship as someone who takes care of a friend, who just doesn't use or exploit a friend. And, you know, there's that old adage: 'Friends don't let friends drive drunk'.
I miss him already. He was a unique person and a dear friend. If a record came on the radio, you'd know it was Waylon Jennings.
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.
Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of it.
Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.
Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.
The flatterer's object is to please in everything he does; whereas the true friend always does what is right, and so often gives pleasure, often pain, not wishing the latter, but not shunning it either, if he deems it best.
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
The greatest medicine is a true friend.
I think of you as a friend. I used to think "friend" was just another word... Nothing more, nothing less. But when I met you, I realized what was important was the word's meaning.
Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.
Some of the more fatuous flag-waving Americans are in danger of forgetting that you can't extract gratitude as you would extract a tooth; that unless friendship is freely given, it means nothing and less than nothing.
Oh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house—do not pass by like a dream.
Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sincere friendship. We must show not only in our words, but in our deeds, that we are earnestly desirous of securing their good will by acting toward them in a spirit of just and generous recognition of all their rights.
When friends grow cold, and the converse of intimates languishes into vapid civility and commonplace, these only continue the unaltered countenance of happier days, and cheer us with that true friendship which never deceived hope, nor deserted sorrow.
The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may be a life long experience of the greatest value to themselves and to all their circle of acquaintance and of activity; but for this type of friendship both a rare man and a rare woman are needed.
