In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
Aristotle

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.
Abraham Lincoln

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
Abraham Lincoln

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Oscar Wilde

True friends stab you in the front.
Oscar Wilde

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.
Oscar Wilde

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
Oscar Wilde

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.
Mark Twain

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Mark Twain

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
Mark Twain

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
Benjamin Franklin

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Benjamin Franklin

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.
John F. Kennedy

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.
Maya Angelou

I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computer and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together.
Steve Jobs

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
Dalai Lama

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche