Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies.
To be mad at someone- that is easy. To be mad at the right person, for the right reason, at the right time and at the right degree- that is not easy"
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Men of genius are admired. Men of wealth are envied. Men of power are feared. But only men of character are trusted.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art . . . it has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival.
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
I have great faith in fools; my friends call it self-confidence.
It is a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved by many friends.
Convey thy love to thy friend, as an arrow to mark, to stick there, not as a ball against the wall, to rebound back to thee.
It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew
And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with hours to live.
I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.
A true friend stabs you in the front
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
"Your friends will know you better in the first moment you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a lifetime"
If friendship depends on things like space and time, then when we have finally overcome space and time, we've destroyed our brotherhood. Overcome space, and all we have left is here. Overcome time, and all we have left is now. And in the middle of here and now, don't you think that we might see each other once or twice?
Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are.
The most i can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.
"Friendship is present in all things but love"
