FRIENDS QUOTES III

quotations about friends

Tell me, why are the old friends kind,
And ever the tenderest, too?
Youth has no art, but an open mind,
And its love is sincere and true.

EDWIN LEIBFREED

"Tell Me"


It is the duty of every individual, to be a friend to mankind, as it is his interest, that men should be friendly to him.

WELLINS CALCOTT

Thoughts Moral and Divine


However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.

IVAN PANIN

Thoughts


It is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

letter to George Washington Parke Custis, Nov. 28, 1796


My friends are my "estate." Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.

EMILY DICKINSON

letter to Samuel Bowles


I distrust the wisdom if not the sincerity of friends who would hold my hands while my enemies stab me.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

letter to Reverdy Johnson, Jul. 26, 1862


Friendship either finds or makes equals.

PUBLILIUS SYRUS

The Moral Sayings of Publilius Syrus


A man's enemies are those he should endeavor first to make his friends.

NORMAN MACDONALD

Maxims and Moral Reflections


Break not an ancient friendship; keep it hale;
Stir round its roots, that it be green of heart;
Let not the spirit of its growth depart:
It is a power to brave the strongest gale.

WILLIAM WILSEY MARTIN

"Friendship"


Be a friend, and thou shalt have friends.

IVAN PANIN

Thoughts


You cannot expect that a friend should be like the atmosphere, which confers all manner of benefits upon you, and without which indeed it would be impossible to live, but at the same time is never in your way.

ARTHUR HELPS

Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd


When an intimate friend turns from us, we often find him the most inveterate enemy.

WILLIAM SCOTT DOWNEY

Proverbs


Friends are true twins in soul.

WILLIAM PENN

Some Fruits of Solitude


Wherever you are it is your own friends who make your world.

WILLIAM JAMES

attributed, The Thought and Character of William James


A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes.

DOUG LARSON

attributed, Quotable Quotes


There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

J. K. ROWLING

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone


New friends ... can often have a better time together than old friends.

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

Tender Is the Night


A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.

MAYA ANGELOU

Letter to My Daughter


Friends such as we desire are dreams and fables, yet we never quite give up the hope of finding them.

LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH

Trivia


For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother.

HOMER

The Odyssey