"A friend is someone who is there for you when they'd rather be anywhere else."
- Unknown

"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
Unknown

"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."
- Thomas Jefferson

"Distance shouldn't break a friendship, it should make it stronger."
- Unknown

"Don't wait to tell a friend you care, for by the time you tell them, it may be too late."
- Unknown

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
- Albert Camus

"Friendship is like money, easier made than kept."
- Samuel Butler

"I do not want a friend
Who smiles when I smile
Who weeps when I weep
For my shadow in the pool
Can do better than that."
- Confucious

"If you can't trust a friend, who can you trust?"
- Unknown

"It is really amazing when two strangers become the best of friends, but it is really sad when the best of friends become two strangers."
- Unknown

"No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever."
- Unknown

"Remember friends as you pass by,
As you are now so once was I.
As low as I you once must be,
Prepare yourself and follow me."
- Gravestone from the 1800s

"Remember to forgive and to forget, for all friends make mistakes sometimes."
- Unknown

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same."
- Unknown

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light."
- Albert Schweitzer

"The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."
- Mark Twain

"There are no strangers in life, just friends I have yet to meet."
- Unknown

"Through thick and thin, friendships remain a vital force in our lives."
- Unknown

"To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed - That can make life a garden."
- Goethe

"You don't really know how strong your friendship is until it's tested by something huge."
- Unknown

"Your friend is the person who knows all about you, and still likes you."
- Unknown