<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Friends - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66916]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An injured friend is the bitterest of foes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66820]]></link><description><![CDATA[An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66705]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66421]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a long time to grow an old friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65659]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a long time to grow an old friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best time to make friends is before you need them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65658]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best time to make friends is before you need them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friends stab you in the front. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65656]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friends stab you in the front.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65641]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65639]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65637]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your friend is the man who knows all about you and still likes you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your friend is the man who knows all about you and still likes you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65337]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65299]]></link><description><![CDATA[My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends make the bad times good, and the good times unforgettable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends make the bad times good, and the good times unforgettable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64879]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64802]]></link><description><![CDATA[One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64758]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend to all is a friend to none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64698]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend to all is a friend to none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64650]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.rnRead more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/abraham_lincoln_2.html#0P2cCWMdWjEvdFdb.99rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have one true friend you have more than your share. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64401]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have one true friend you have more than your share.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64398]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64186]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64182]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64030]]></link><description><![CDATA[An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63972]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63935]]></link><description><![CDATA[My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63934]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63599]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is a gift you give yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63535]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is a gift you give yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He makes no friends who never made a foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63527]]></link><description><![CDATA[He makes no friends who never made a foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63437]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63330]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future pluses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63139]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63089</guid></item></channel></rss>