Ann Richards:
I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.
Anna Garlin Spencer:
The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may be a life long experience of the greatest value to themselves and to all their circle of acquaintance and of activity; but for this type of friendship both a rare man and a rare woman are needed. Perhaps it should be added that either the man or the woman thus deeply bound in lifelong friendship who seeks marriage must find a still rarer man or woman to wed, to make such a three cornered comradeship a permanent success.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh:
If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.
Do not defend yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Laurence J. Peter
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
"Friends may come and go, but enemies mount up." - Thomas Jones"
"The best time to make friends is before you require them." - Ether Barrymore
"Friendship is similar to money, easier made than kept." - Samuel Butler
"Friends: people who make use of my books and set wet spectacles on them." - Edwin Arlington Robinson
"We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends." - P.D. James
"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway." - Fr. Jerome Cummings
"Love is unsighted; friendship closes its eyes." -
"Marriage is a kind of friendship recognized by the police." -
Aristotle:
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
William Blake:
The bird a nest
the spider a web
the human friendship.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
