Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.
Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends.
My friends are my estate.
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
Two are better than one,because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lif' up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.
Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
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