A friend to all is a friend to none.

To the query, What is a friend? his reply was A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

I defeat my enemies when I make them my friends.

Be compassionate, not just to your friends but to everyone.

Friends don’t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too

I made my first white women friends in college; they loved me and were loyal to our friendship, but I understood, as they did, that they were white women and that whiteness mattered.