"Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead."
~ Chinese Proverb.
"Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend."
"We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend."
"The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right."
~ Mark Twain.