A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.
- James Boswell
A faithful friend is the medicine of life.
- Bible: Ecclesiasticus
A Father's a Treasure, A Brother's a Comfort; a Friend is both.
- Benjamin Franklin
A friend gives us confidence for life, a friend makes you out do ourselves.
- Anna Lindsay
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- John Ray
A friend is a lot of things, but a critic he isn't.
- Bern Williams
A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back.
- Unknown
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A friend is someone who can see through you and still enjoys the show.
- Farmers Almanac
A friend is someone who makes me feel totally acceptable.
- Ene Riisna
A friend is someone you can do nothing with, and enjoy it.
- The Optimist Magazine
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad.
- Arnold H. Glasow
A man dies as often as he loses his friends.
- Unknown
A man, Sir, should keep his friendships in constant repair.
- Samuel Johnson
A real friend never gets in your way-unless you happen to be on your way down.
- Unknown
A single rose can be my garden...a single friend, my world.
- Leo Buscaglia
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true (criteria) of the attachment of the friends.
- George Washington
A sudden thought strikes me,-let us swear an eternal friendship.
- J. H. Free
