To the query, "What is a friend?" his reply was "A single soul dwelling in two bodies."
- Aristotle
It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.
- Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
- Joseph Addison
Love is like the wild rose-briar;
Friendship like the holly-tree.
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms,
But which will bloom most constantly?
- Emily Bronte
It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
- Mohandas K. Gandhi
I will not drag you along; I will not leave you alone; I will stand by you and have my hand there for you to hold when you need to.
-Unknown
There is no desert more barren than a life without friends: friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.
- Baltasar Gracian
For an instant our lives met, our souls flowered.
- Oscar Wilde
As rare as true love is, it is not as rare as true friendship.
- Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Do not seek the perfect friend, seek a friend
- Anonymous
