A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.
- La Rochefoucauld
Agreement in likes and dislikes-this, and this only, is what constitutes true friendship.
- Catline
Alone we can so do little; together we can do so much.
- Helen Keller
An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.
- Thomas Jefferson
And what is friendship but a name, a charm that lulls to sleep; a shade that follows wealth or fame, but leaves the wretch to weep?
- Goldsmith
Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
- George Eliot
Be a Friend to thyself, and others will be so too.
- Thomas Fuller
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
- Socrates
Best friend, my wellspring in the wilderness!
- George Eliot
Best friends forever.
- Unknown
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.
- Thomas Jefferson
Complete unity of aim is the traditional condition of genuine and sincere friendship.
- Cicero
Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.
- Albert Camus
Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; but friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.
- George Chapman
For friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
- Dryden
Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than good.
- Aristotle
Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.
- Edna Buchanan
