Quotes about Friendship

I look at my myself; and see a stone, I look at my friends and see gold, But I look at you, and see a gem.

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

True friends are like diamonds; precious but rare. Fake friends are like fall leaves; found everywhere.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal.

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.

Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.

I do not want a friend Who smiles when I smile Who weeps when I weep For my shadow in the pool Can do better than that.

The Puritan ethic of marriage was first to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at this moment but rather for one whom you can love steadily as your best friend for life, then to proceed with God's help to do just that.