We know when we have had enough of a friend, and we know when a friend has had enough of us. The first truth is no more palatable than the second.
I know what I say; I understand my mission and business. God Almighty is my shield; and what can man do if God is my friend?
My best friend was Aboriginal.
Friendship is anything that you get something out of that is very, very important to you. And that's why there are those people who are so close to you that you don't know how you'd live without them. And they are the ones that, even if they do something terrible, you have to keep. Otherwise, you're just going to be lost without them.
The years rolled slowly past and I found myself alone. Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends, I found myself further and further from my home.
It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
The thing about a friendly smile is not just that it makes people like you but that it makes them like themselves.
Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom.
When you think you're alone, when you think there's no one in this world who'll stand up for you, look around and make sure you're right. Friends can appear in the most unlikely people, and are often right in front of you.
It's not love or anything, but I think I like you, too.
I'm back with my own kind of people here now, the bums and drinkers and no goods and it is a fine thing.
The very condition of having Friends is that we should want something else besides Friends. Where the truthful answer to the question "Do you see the same truth?" would be "I see nothing and I don't care about the truth; I only want a Friend," no Friendship can arise - though Affection of course may. There would be nothing for the Friendship to be about; and Friendship must be about something, even if it were only an enthusiasm for dominoes or white mice. Those who have nothing can share nothing; those who are going nowhere can have no fellow-travellers.
Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine
Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you.
Agreement in likes and dislikes- this, and this only, is what constitutes true friendship.
If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy.
I hate the prostitution of the name of friendship to signify modish and worldly alliances.
He who hath many friends hath none.
All the people we used to know, they're an illusion to me now.
You grimy as birds shittin' on the top of ya Fords.
