You know me better than anyone, and you're my best friend. I don't think there's anything you could say to me that would lead me to believe that you're doing it just to hurt me. If there's one thing I've come to know about you, it's that you're not even capable of something like that. Why do you think I like spending time with you so much? Because you're a good guy. A nice guy.
Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
One man in a thousand, Solomon says. Will stick more close than a brother. And it's worth while seeking him half your days If you find him before the other. ---The Thousandth Man
A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.
It's the friend you call up at four o'clock in the morning that really matters.
Well, a friend in need is a friend indeed.
A real friend ... exults in his friend’s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.
Here we have a saying: a good friend is someone who visits you when you are in prison. But a really good friend is someone who comes to hear your lectures.
He is a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.
A real friend is someone who does n0t give you expectation about delivering on some kind of peer group pressure.
Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.
The flatterer's object is to please in everything he does; whereas the true friend always does what is right, and so often gives pleasure, often pain, not wishing the latter, but not shunning it either, if he deems it best.
Few there are that will endure a true friend.
He that ceaseth to be a friend never was a good one.
