• "My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it." - Georg Brandes Tweet
• "Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness." - Chanakya Tweet
• "True friends stab you in the front." - Oscar Wilde Tweet
• "The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate." - William Shenstone Tweet
• "Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." - Anais Nin Tweet
• "Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend." - Friedrich Nietzsche Tweet
• "Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless." - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tweet
• "The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?" - Eugene Kennedy Tweet
• "True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance." - Henry David Thoreau Tweet
• "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." - Samuel Johnson Tweet