
N the face of a true friend a man sees as it were a second self ... —
Marcus Tullius Cicero

I'd say true friendship is worth fighting for. —
L.T. Suzuki

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. —
Thomas Aquinas

To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes,
Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown;
But where there is true friendship, there needs none. —
William Shakespeare

True friendship is rare. Don't let a little dispute ruin a friendship. —
Steve Maraboli

Friendship makes you feel as one with your friend. —
Thomas Aquinas

Silence is the true friend that never betrays. —
Confucius

True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway. —
Edna Buchanan

A benefit of friendship is knowing whom to tell secrets to. —
Alessandro Manzoni

Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don't understand. —
Robert Breault

The best gift that we can give to our friends is true love and sincere appreciation. —
Debasish Mridha

Three things in life you will never have to chase: True friends, true love and your destiny! —
Alex Haditaghi

Nothing opens the heart like a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes ... and whatever lies upon the heart ... —
Francis Bacon

We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship. —
C.S. Lewis

A true friend is a gift from God. Since God doesn't exist, guess what? Neither do true friends. —
Scott Dikkers

Last Resort friends are for getting from, not giving to. —
J.M. Richards

Do they LOVE you,
or the MASK you put on everyday? —
Anonymous

Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends. —
Mary Catherwood

Take not a minute for granted, because that minute can never be replaced. —
Melody Carstairs

When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far. —
L.M. Montgomery

Yes, Brooke, sometimes friends can get you into trouble. But a good friend will always come and to your rescue. —
Gretchen Preston

A true friend reminds you why you should believe in yourself when you've forgotten. —
Charles F. Glassman

What thief does not fight to hold what he has?"
"One that has something better," said Locke. —
Scott Lynch

A man can't talk of true happiness if he has never known true love - the trusting, selfless and unconditional love that I took for granted. —
Janvier Chouteu-Chando

A true friend knows when to give advice and when to just listen.
"stuff I think about" book by Sondra Faye —
Sondra Faye

True friendship destroys envy, and true love destroys coquetterie. —
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

My true friends always gave me this supreme proof of attachment: a spontaneous aversion to the men I loved. —
Colette

True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side. —
Josh Grayson

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

True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection. —
Dalai Lama

Some women pray for their daughters to marry good husbands. I pray that my girls will find girlfriends half as loyal and true as the Ya-Yas. —
Rebecca Wells

That's friendship, each playing the potter to see what shapes we can make of the other —
Ray Bradbury

A true friend will never do match-making if they dont like the person that makes their friend Happy —
Chime

True friendship is as rare as twin lotuses on a single stalk. —
Lauren Bjorkman

As rare as true love actually is, true friendship is still harder to find. —
Jason Lloyd

A true friend sticks with you through thick and thin no matter what. —
Kayla Mueller

Sometimes, our pride compels us to engage in costly wars when a true commitment to a compromising peace would have been the best course to pursue. —
Janvier Chouteu-Chando

True friendship is a promise you keep forever. —
Sarah Dessen

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. —
Richard Burton

To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
[Lat., Idem velle et idem nolle ea demum firma amicitia est.] —
Sallust

Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. —
Henri Nouwen

A true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear. —
E.A. Bucchianeri

Someone said: friends are the thiefs of time. I shall add: of time, freedom, life; and givers of best memories, brightest moments, true feelings. —
Mykyta Isagulov

Best friends listen to what you don't say. —
Samantha Norman

We have been friends together
In sunshine and in shade. —
Caroline Norton

If your dog, your best friend turns on you, take a good look at yourself. You may have a serious personality disorder. —
Will Leamon

Hold a true friend with both your hands. —
Friedrich Nietzsche

I don't have best friends. I have soul sisters. —
Airicka Phoenix

If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession. —
Benjamin Franklin

Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies. —
Richelle Mead

A true best friend loves you even when it seems like you've gone off the deep end. —
Liz Fenton