Friend! It is a common word, often lightly used. Like other good and beautiful things, it may be tarnished by careless handling.
—Harriet Jacobs, 1861Quotes
Friendship is a plant that loves the sun—thrives ill under clouds.
—Bronson Alcott, 1872Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, / And say my glory was I had such friends.
—W.B. Yeats, 1937He who has nothing has no friends.
—Greek proverbFriendship! Sir, there can be no such thing without an equality.
—George Farquhar, 1702One’s friends are divided into two classes, those one knows because one must and those one knows because one mustn’t.
—Sybil Taylor, 1922Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.
—Jane Austen, 1811One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.
—George Santayana, c. 1914A friend who is very near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
—George Ade, 1902In real friendship the judgment, the genius, the prudence of each party become the common property of both.
—Maria Edgeworth, 1787Be courteous to all but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
—George Washington, 1783The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
—H.G. Wells, 1905We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us but for ours to amuse them.
—Evelyn Waugh, 1963