My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. Hold a true friend with both your hands. A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Friends are the bacon bits in the salad bowl of life. If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them.
Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.
Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say. A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.