Friends, companions, lovers, are those who treat us in terms of our unlimited worth to ourselves. They are closest to us who best understand what life means to us, who feel for us as we feel for ourselves, who are bound to us in triumph and disaster, who break the spell of our loneliness. - Henry Alonzo Myers

Friendship's the wine of life. - Edward Young

Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love. - Charles Peguy

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. - Anais Nin

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end. - William Shakespeare

A faithful friend is the medicine of life. - The Bible, Ecclesiasticus 6. 16

A friend loveth at all times. - The Bible, Proverbs 17. 17

One who looks for a friend without faults will have none. - Hasidic Saying

If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me. -

It is that my friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges, and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my deprivation. - Helen Keller

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship. - Pietro Aretino

A joy shared is a joy doubled. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.

True friends stab you in the front. - Oscar Wilde

It's the friends you can call up at 4:00 a.m. that matter. - Marlene Dietrich

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success. - Doug Larson