The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.
I watch the confusion of friends all numb with love moving like stray dogs to the anthem of night long conversations of pulsing rhythms and random voltage voices in spite of themselves graceful as these raindrops creeping spermlike across the car window.
Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds.
Because I had goodwill for all, I thought all were my friends, and then I learned of treachery, that some preferred my end. A glorious day, the one I learned the meaning of the word. It's good to know my enemies, though their reasons are absurd.
The intimacy which is contracted in infancy, and friendship which is formed in misfortune, are, of all others, the most lasting and unalterable.
Because unity and friendship is so precious that even God wants to be part of it.
We shall always keep a spare corner in our heads to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinion.
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.
Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.
Anyone who criticizes you cares about your friendship. Anyone who makes light of your faults cares nothing about you.
If I stopped writing and being at my piano, I wouldn't know how to live. It's your best friend.
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
A man with few friends is only half-developed; there are whole sides of his nature which are locked up and have never been expressed. He cannot unlock them himself, he cannot even discover them; friends alone can stimulate him and open him.
The nearest friends can go With anyone to death, comes so far short They might as well not try to go at all.
I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love. . . I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.
Friendship isn't a science mudboy. Just do what you think is right.
The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.
The members of the legislative department. . . are numerous. They are distributed and dwell among the people at large. Their connections of blood, of friendship, and of acquaintance embrace a great proportion of the most influential part of the society. . . they are more immediately the confidential guardians of their rights and liberties.
Nothing prepared me for your smile
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.