Beautiful Friendship Thoughts !

"I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination."

~ George Washington, (as above)

"Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you."

~ Samuel Johnston (1709 - 1784) British lexicographer.


"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us."

~ Epicurus (341 - 270 BC) Greek philosopher.

Thoughtful Friendship Advices !

"If it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or other!"

~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816) British dramatist.


"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."

~ George Washington (1732 - 1799) US Statesman.


"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."

~ George Washington, (as above).

Friendship Is A Real Jewel !

"If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair."

~ Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) British lexiographer.

"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice."

~ Samuel Johnston, (as above)


"It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them."


~ Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680) French writer.

Divine Friendship Quotes !

"Keep your friendships in repair."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (as above).


"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.


"The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.


"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Cheerful Friendship Sentences !

"Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art."

~ Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616) Spanish novelist.


"Have no friends not equal to yourself."

~ Confucious (551 - 497 BC) Chinese philosopher.


"Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends."

~ Jacques Delille (1738 - 1813) French poet.


"A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) US poet & essayist.

Interesting Friendship Statements !

" 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."

~ Arabian Proverb.

"It is better to be in chains with friends , than to be in a garden with strangers."

~ Persian Proverb -Sent in by Shawn.


"Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake."

~ William Blake, sent in by Lauren.