Popular Quotes

"It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them."

"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity."

"Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life."

"A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies."

"All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand."

"Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings."

"Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have."

"Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends."

"You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job."

"Value your friendship. Value your relationships."

"True friends stab you in the front."

"Friendship is Love without his wings!"

"True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing."

"The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights."

"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child."

"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."

"Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police."

"You win the victory when you yield to friends."

"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend."

"Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway."

"A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both."

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."