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" Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. "

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" One of the most mawkish of human delusions is the notion that friendship should be eternal, or, at all events, life-long, and that any act which puts a term to it is somehow discreditable. "

" There is no friendship in trade. "

Cornelius Vanderbilt

" My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way. "

" Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire. "

" In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. "

Albert Schweitzer

" America is stronger because of President Obama's leadership, and I'm better because of his friendship. "

Hillary Clinton

" One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. "

" Whether it's music, loss of something, loneliness or friendship - if that emotion is heightened in some way and painted to fit in between the covers of 32 pages, that can become a picture book. "

" It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. "

" I want to use my connections with coaches, players, celebrities, whomever, and if I can take that friendship and use it to help someone else, I'm going to take advantage of that. I'm not going to apologize for that. "

" A gang is the same as a wolf pack; gang members do not use their energies in friendship with one another, for they do not know what friendship is. If they are united, it is by the common bond of a desire to attack their world. "

" Our species uses music and dance to express various feelings: love, joy, comfort, ceremony, knowledge, and friendship. And each one is distinct and widely recognized within cultures. Love songs cause us to move slowly and fluidly, for example, while songs of joy inspire us to dance in a full-body aerobic way. "

" The potential strength of female friendship and the bonds that can be formed, especially over a lifelong relationship, is very profound. "

" Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. "

Jean de la Bruyere

" I define friendship as a bond that transcends all barriers. When you are ready to expect anything and everything from friends, good, bad or ugly... that's what I call true friendship. "

Harbhajan Singh

" Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people. "

" When anger rises, think of the consequences. "

" I not only enjoy a really great friendship with both my girls but also a close mother-daughter bond as well. "

" I think quite a lot of people have a friendship or a love that's gone like that and it never quite reconciles properly. "

" I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something. "

" I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends. "

" I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. "

Katherine Mansfield

" A lot of times, in our culture and our society, we put romantic love somehow on a higher plane than self-love and friendship love. You can't do that. You have to honor and really fully invest in all these different loving relationships. "

" A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend. "

Henry David Thoreau

" Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. "

" Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not. "

" We are aware that globalization doesn't mean global friendship but global competition and, therefore, conflict. That doesn't mean we will all destroy each other, but it is no happy global village, either. "

" When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship. "

" I am proud to represent these men and women who empower people in developing nations and promote the Peace Corps mission of peace and friendship. These volunteers are making major strides to improve the lives of people and communities around the world. "

" I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun