Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honours,friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.

Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.

O friend, my bosom said, through thee alone the sky is arched, through thee the rose is red, all things through thee take nobler form, and look beyond the earth, and is the mill-round of our fate a sun-path in thy worth.

O god, protect me from my friends, that they have not power over me. Thou hast giv’n me power to protect myself from thy bitterest enemies.

O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies

Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing, you will end by obeying the devil and all his invited friends.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life far the greatest is the possesion of friendship

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Of journeying the benefits are many: the freshness it bringeth to the heart, the seeing and hearing of marvelous things, the delight of beholding new cities, the meeting of unknown friends, and the learning of high manners.

Of my friends i am the only one left.

Of my friends, i am the only one i have left.

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

Of what use the friendliest dispositions even, if there are no hours given to friendship, if it is forever postponed to unimportant duties and relations? Friendship is first, friendship last.

Often we change jobs, friends, and spouses instead of ourselves.

Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.

Oh, a friend! How true is that old saying, that the enjoyment of one is sweeter and more necessary than that of the elements of water and fire!

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts -- it's what you do with what you have left.

Oh, my friends, be warned by me, that breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea, are all human frame requires.

Oh, the pious friendships of the female sex!

Old age: i fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

Old friends are best. King james used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow [to be] old friends?

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend -- or a meaningful day.

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

On firmer ties his joys depend who has a polished female friend!

On the choice of friends, our good or evil name depends.

On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.

Once in a while you meet someone, and soon you both discover the two of you are truly something special to each other... You share your thoughts and feelings so relaxed, so openly, and right away you know your friendship's truly meant to be.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, or close the wall up with our english dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility; but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger: stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.

One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may have in the company. There may have been a time when, in large corporations, a person could rise simply because he had a stock interest or because he had friends in top management. That's not true today. Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. Afriend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

One doesn’t know, till one is a bit at odds with the world, how much one’s friends who believe in one rather generously, mean to one.

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.