'There is a magic in the
memory of schoolboy friendships;
it softens the heart, and even
affects the nervous system of
those who have no heart'
Disraeli

'I no doubt deserved my enemies,
but I do not believe I
deserved my friends'
Whitman

'True friendship is never serene'
Sevigne'

'When friends stop being frank
and useful to each other,
the whole world loses some
of its radiance'
Broyard

'Friends are born, not made'
Adams

'Friendship is a single soul
dwelling in two bodies'
Aristotle

'A new friend is like new wine;
when it has aged you will
drink it with pleasure'
Eccl. 9:10

'It is one of the blessings
of old friends, that you can
afford to be stupid with them'
Emerson

'One loyal friend is worth
ten thousand relatives'
Euripides

'This communicating of a mans
self to his friend works two
contrary effects; for it
redoubleth joys, and
cutteth griefs in half'
Bacon

'Your friend is the man who
knows all about you,
and still likes you'
Hubbard

'A friend should be a master
at guessing and keeping still'
Nietzsche

'Life is partly what we make
it and partly by what is made
by the friends whom we choose'
Hsieh

'The only thing to do is to
hug ones friends tight
and do ones job'
Wharton

'A friend may well be
reckoned the masterpiece
of nature'
Emerson