"Friendship needs no words—it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness."

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. —Ali Ben Abu Taleb"

"Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."

A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found such an one hath found a treasure.

Seek the friend who's hand helped you and tell them what they mean to you.

The gift of friendship is a wondrous thing with the joys and happiness good friends bring.

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

A faithful friend is the medicine of life.

A favourite has no friend!

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

A: Your friendship has become a burden. B: Do you prefer to be affronted by my indifference?

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

Acquaintance: a degree of Friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

Beggar, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.

Bert McAnny: Now for goodness sake, Green, don’t get me wrong. Why, some of my best friends ... Anne: I know, dear. And some of your other best friends are Methodists, but you never bother to say it.

Bilbo: No thank you! We don't want any more visitors, well wishers, or distant relations! Gandalf: And what about very old friends?