friends quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people."
90
"Let us be careful in dealing with those who attach great importance to being credited with moral tact and subtlety in moral discernment! They never forgive us if they have once made a mistake BEFORE us- they inevitably become our instinctive calumniators and detractors, even when they still remain our 'friends.'"
147
"For one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy."
209
"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."
358
"A friend to all is a friend to none."
594
"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit."
601
"May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies."
692
"Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them."
976
"There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend."
1020
"There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends."
1086
"For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother."
1090
"The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find a friend worth dying for."
1092