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

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

If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to.

There will be but few people who, when at a loss for topics of conversation, will not reveal the more secret affairs of their friends.

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.

Where minds differ and opinions swerve, there is scant a friend in that company.