"Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have."
β Ernie Banks"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair."
β Samuel Johnson"Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation."
β Samuel Richardson"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world."
β Thomas Edison"Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation."
β Paul Theroux"Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one."
β Oscar Wilde"False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports."
β Richard Burton