Always try to associate yourself closely with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you. Apart from the rewards of friendship, the association might pay off at some unforeseen time - that is only an accidental byproduct. The important thing is that the learning will make you a better person.

Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be a companion with those who are not your moral equal.

Real friendship is like fluorescence; it shines better when everything has darkened.

Friendship with the upright, with the truthful and with the well informed is beneficial. Friendship with those who flatter, with those who are meek and who compromise with principles, and with those who talk cleverly is harmful.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

A friend of mine, a friend of yours. My better half, Richard Stephen Sambora.