“To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.”
“Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.”
“We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for our ability to amuse them.”
“The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist.”
“How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend.”
“In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, but never in want.”
“Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.”
“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.”
“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.”
“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care to acquire.”
“In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.”
“Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, we will stand by each other, however it blow.”
“Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.”
“Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from a friend.”
“Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.”
“There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.”
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”
“Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves and anxieties.”
“The difficulty is not that great to die for a friend, the hard part is finding a friend worth dying for.”
“Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.”
“Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.”
“Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love, aren't we already there?”
“Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.”
“Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.”
“He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.”
“Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.”
“Friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word to one another.”
“Friendships are fragile things and require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing.”
“I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.”
“Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.”