I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Plutarch

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
George Bernard Shaw

To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.
Bill Maher

America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.
George W. Bush

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.
George W. Bush

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.
Charlie Chaplin

My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.
Richard Bach

I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.
Emo Philips

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
Francis Bacon

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert Camus

I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.
Albert Camus

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.
Albert Camus

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.
Chanakya

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
Chanakya

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
Chanakya

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.
Harry S. Truman

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.
Harry S. Truman

Everybody needs one essential friend.
William Glasser