An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life.
Sting

I was in a bar and I said to a friend, 'You know, we've become those 40-year-old guys we used to look at and say, 'Isn't it sad?'
George Clooney

We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't forget it.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
Sophocles

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
Sophocles

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.
Sophocles

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.
Sophocles

Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
Elizabeth I

I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone.
Leonardo DiCaprio

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
Titus Maccius Plautus

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
Titus Maccius Plautus

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
E. M. Forster

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
E. M. Forster

It's a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies.
River Phoenix

A good friend is my nearest relation.
Thomas Fuller

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
Horace

A friend in power is a friend lost.
Henry B. Adams

Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend.
Al Sharpton

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
Thomas Fuller

She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand