You can make more friends in a month by being interested in them than in ten years by trying to get them interested in you.
If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they are not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they are not so bad.
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
An intimate of any strength will never listen to faults said of friends;
and on the day a friend offends, he is content to keep silent.
The world cherishes faithful men who never forsake
old friendships, worn by time but unbroken.
A real friend never gets in your way – unless you happen to be on the way down.
In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, never in want.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Friends are like melons. Shall I tell you why? To find a good one, you must a hundred try.
It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
The best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.
Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise–then you will discover the fullness of your life.
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
Books and friends should be few but good.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A good friend is my nearest relation.
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself.
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.
Love is blind. Friendship tries not to notice.
The best of friends must part.
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead.
The death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb.
Life without a friend is like death without a witness.
The best mirror is an old friend.
May there always be work for your hands to do, may your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine on your windowpane, may a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you, may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
A cheerful friend is like asunny day spreading brightness all around.
THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF SHIPS. THERE ARE WOODEN SHIPS ,PLASTIC SHIPS, AND METAL SHIPS. BUT THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTAINT TYPES OF SHIPS ARE FRIENDSHIPS.
A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.
It is better to be in chains with friends , than to be in a garden with strangers.
