There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. Chanakya
She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind. Toni Morrison
Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend. Friedrich Nietzsche
A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! Doug Larson
If you have one true friend you have more than your share. Thomas Fuller
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence. Joseph Roux
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship. Saint Francis de Sales
Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't. Judy Holliday
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. Alice Walker
I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. Katherine Mansfield
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend. Henry David Thoreau
It takes a long time to grow an old friend. John Leonard
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. Epicurus
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over. Octavia Butler
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. George MacDonald
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. Baltasar Gracian
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold. Oliver Wendell Holmes