(241 quotes found)
“The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“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.”
Laurence Sterne
“My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my own sake”
Aristotle
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.”
Groucho Marx
“A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.”
Doug Larson
“Just finding somebody that was your best friend, who you could be with and enjoy the passage of time--and that's what I found.”
Jennifer Aniston
“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.”
Rita Mae Brown
“A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn.”
Mike Tyson
“As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.”
Erma Bombeck