Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

Thanks from keeping me from being a liar," said Nikolai."What?""About your having diarrhea.""For you I'd get dysentery.""Now that's friendship.

Life is like a moving train, people drop and others enter, do not bother about those that are dropping but focus on those that are coming in and move on

Love is easy early on...it's when feelings ebb and flow and the busyness of life creeps in that real love shines through in small conscious choices.

It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you

It is possible to cause seemingly biochemical changes through human emotional involvement. You literally have changed his chemistry by being his friend.

Friendship throws out deep roots in honest hearts, D'Artagnan. Believe me, it is only the evil-minded who deny friendship; they cannot understand it.

Normal is made up of two friends—Norm and Al. That’s twice the number of friends that I have, probably because I’m weirder than normal.

Be a good listener. With rapt attention, let every communication or conversation you have with your mentor, friends or even strangers be well understood.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity

I wanted to surround myself with the kind of people who could help me turn my life around; people whom I could rub up against like iron and be sharpened.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity

I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take off.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.