Friendship Quotes

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.

Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.

Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.

Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.

Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.

Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. 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.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.

Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.

It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.

If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.