“Wherever you are it is your own friends who make your world.”
“Keep out of the suction caused by those who drift backwards.”
“We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected”
“A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.”
“Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”
“I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.”
“Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.”
“Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.”
“Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”
“A good motto is: Use friendliness but do not use your friends.”
“A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.”
“We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.”
“Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.”
“Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.”
“Friends show me what I can do, foes teach me what I should do.”
“Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that.”
“An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.”
“He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.”
“A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.”
“With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough.”
“Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.”
“There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.”
“A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.”
“Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.”
“Friendship is a horizon -- which expands whenever we approach it.”
“You may poke a man's fire after you've known him for seven years.”
“Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.”
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”
“Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.”
“Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.”