A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
Aesop

You just activated a nuclear warhead, my friend.
John Travolta

My friend, I am going to tell you the story of my life, as you wish; and if it were only the story of my life I think I would not tell it; for what is one man that he should make much of his winters, even when they bend him like a heavy snow?
Black Elk

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
King Solomon

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
Tecumseh

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
King Solomon

Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.
Kevin Bacon

Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.
Bill Watterson

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
Baltasar Gracian

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.
Joseph Conrad

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
Saadi

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.
Agatha Christie

A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me.
Dave Matthews

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.
Gustave Flaubert

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

She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.
Toni Morrison

Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.
Homer

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
Homer

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
Homer

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