Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. Richter Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words. The mind is lowered through association with inferiors. The Hitopadesa Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
A friend in need is a friend to be avoided. While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both of his. Anonymous Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funeral. Buddha The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend. If a man does not make new acquaintances, as he advances through life, he soon will find himself alone.