For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, read more

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.

When you are at your best everybody can be your friend, but when you are at your worst only the read more

When you are at your best everybody can be your friend, but when you are at your worst only the true ones stay.

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things read more

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is read more

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.

Ah! were I sever'd from thy side,
Where were thy friend and who my guide?
Years have read more

Ah! were I sever'd from thy side,
Where were thy friend and who my guide?
Years have not seen, Time shall not see
The hour that tears my soul from thee.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are read more

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked