“The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.”
“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”
“If you want to make a dangerous man your friend, let him do you a favor.”
“A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.”
“Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.”
“Give me one friend, just one, who meets The needs of all my varying moods.”
“Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.”
“There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.”
“To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.”
“You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.”
“A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.”
“Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.”
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.”
“Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.”
“A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.”
“A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes.”
“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.”
“A good friend is worth pursuing... but why would a good friend be running away?”
“Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.”
“Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.”
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.”
“The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.”
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
“A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.”
“Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.”
“Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.”
“Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.”
“Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.”
“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”
“Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy for friendship's sake.”