There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart Author:Bejamin Disraeli
Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up Author:Ecclesiastes
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend Author:Saint Augustine
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing Author:Jean de La Fontaine
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this? Author:Henry David Thoreau