A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Our faith in others betrays that we would rather have faith in ourselves. Our longing for a friend is our betrayer. And often with our love we want merely to overcome envy. And often we attack and make ourselves enemies, to conceal that we are vulnerable.

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship.

Just because you lost me as a friend doesn't mean you gained me as an enemy. I'm bigger than that. I still wanna see you eat, just not at my table.