1. A cowardly person will give his friends to the executioner. ——Romain Rolland

2. Friendship is always the auxiliary of virtue. ——Cicero

3. The language of friendship is not words, but meaning. ——Thoreau

4. True friendship always anticipates the needs of the other person rather than announcing what one needs. ——Mo Luoya

5. Among all the happiness that wisdom provides to the whole life, obtaining friendship is the most important. ——Boccaccio

6. Friendship established on the basis of business is better than business established on the basis of friendship. ——Rockefeller

7. There are three most precious things in the world: knowledge, food and friendship. ——(Myanmar) Proverb

8. The bonds of friendship may be tightened by emotional excitement, but they must never be broken. ——Lincoln

9. Friendship is a tree that can provide shade. ——Coleridge

10. A true and very sensible friendship is the most beautiful and priceless treasure in life. ——Gorky

11. Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ——Kahlil Gibran

12. Friendship in times of trouble can soothe troubles. ——Shakespeare

13. If you sow melons, you will reap melons; if you sow beans, you will reap beans. Sow preferential friendship and reap benevolent friendship. ——Guo Moruo

14. If you want to gain the friendship of others, you must first show kindness to others. ——Emerson

15. Openness and honesty and the depth of friendship should not be measured by the length of time. ——Balzac

16. Friendship cannot be a transaction; on the contrary, it requires the most complete concept of disinterest. ——Moroa

17. The basis of friendship lies in the greatest similarity in the hearts and souls of two people. ——Beethoven

18. Brothers may not be friends, but friends are often like brothers. ——Franklin

19. Friendship is a kind of harmonious equality. ——Pythagoras

20. Friendship can only be produced and maintained in practice. ——Goethe

21. True friendship is a plant that grows slowly. ——Washington

22. Friendship is not like mushrooms, which cannot be found in the woods; my child! It grows in the heart. ——Gorky

23. Believe in yourself first, and then others will believe in you and me. ——Turgenev

24. Except for a true friend, no medicine can open the heart. ——Bacon

25. Friendship is the union of souls. ——Voltaire

26. Our friendship with each other will work together to maintain our good reputation. ——Benavente

27. To make friends, you must first be a friend. ——Hubbard

28. We cannot talk about youth apart from friendship, because friendship is the most beautiful flower that embellishes youth. ——Daisaku Ikeda

29. Friends must help each other in times of adversity, only then can it be called true friendship. ——Shakespeare

30. A friend to everyone, but a friend to no one. ——Polish proverb

31. You will feel happy among friends who don’t need to be pretentious and lie. ——Mo Luoya

32. Friendship is established in comradeship, consolidated in sincerity, developed in criticism, and destroyed in flattery. ——Lenin

33. Friendship can increase happiness and reduce pain. ——Edison

34. People who attribute friendship to interests, I think, have written off the most precious thing in friendship. ——Cicero

35. Friendship is the most precious thing in the world, and deep friendship is the greatest comfort in life. ——Zou Taofen

36. People who are surrounded by good friends are much happier than people who are surrounded by enemies.

——Mrs. Carnegie