Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because one of them attracted by virtue of similarity, the other by difference. Emil Ludwig
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. Herman Melville
All you need to do to be my friend is like me. Taylor Swift
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other. Honore de Balzac
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. George Santayana
It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it. Zora Neale Hurston
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. E. W. Howe
Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better. E. W. Howe
Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends. Samuel Pepys
The best time to make friends is before you need them. Ethel Barrymore
That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. Francis Quarles
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. Bruce Lee
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone. Orson Welles
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. Khalil Gibran
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Friedrich Nietzsche
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. Oscar Wilde