Discover some of the most beautiful and suggestive quotes about friendship help you when you need someone with you, because they remind you how precious is the affection of people who appreciate you.

In difficult times, we all need friends, support, and emotional support. Here are some quotes about friendship that you can share with the people you trust the most.

Quotes about friendship from famous authors

Friendship means a soul in two bodies. – Aristotle

There is no point in begging for friendship. – Antoine de Saint Exupery
Friendship is harmonious equality. – Pythagoras
Friendship is the hardest thing to explain. It is not something that can be learned in school. But if you haven’t learned what friendship means, you haven’t learned anything. – Muhammad Ali

There is always a small gap in the fullest friendships, like in an egg. – Jules Renard
Friendship doubles joys and halves troubles. – Francis Bacon

Friendship = A ship big enough to take two in good weather, but only one when the weather is bad. – Ambrose Bierce
Do not break the thread of a friendship, because even if you tie it again, the knot remains. – Unknown

The only precious friendship is the one that was born for no reason. – Arthur van Schendel
Friendship is the flower of a moment and the fruit of time. – August von Kotzebue

Friendship means being brother and sister, two souls touching without confusion, two fingers of the same hand. – Victor Hugo

Friendship is, first of all, mutual peace and the flight of the spirit above the vulgar details. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The agreement of the way of thinking gives birth to friendship. – Democritus
I don’t really know why I’m writing to you. I feel that I really need a friendship to entrust to me the things that happen to me. Maybe I’m writing to myself. – Antoine de Saint Exupery
Beware of the friendship of the enemy and the enmity of the friend.
Hospitality, courtesy and friendship are human-to-human encounters. – Antoine de Saint Exupery

Proverbs and sayings about friendship and friends

Never for a new friend reject the old one.
A living friend is a lot; two means a lot; three is almost impossible.
Anything new, but old friend.
The friend in time of need knows himself.
The true and secret friend helps you without your knowledge.
Whoever has a good friend no longer needs a mirror.
When you are unsure of a person’s character, look at his friends.
The man’s friend is the bag of money and the sack of corn.
The true friend is like the emperor’s scepter.
The road to a friend’s house is never long.
A friend in my village is worth more than sixteen influential brothers in the court.
True friendship cannot change a thousand horses.
He who is not submissive to his parents is not sincere or faithful to his friends.
The friend meets on dark days.
Protect your friends – protect your life.
Childhood is like water in a wicker basket.
Friendship is the hand that wipes away your tears when life hurts.
God forbid, my friends, for I am safe from enemies.
Better a poor horse than no horse at all.
True friend, priceless fortune.
When I feel good, everyone is with me, when I feel bad, I’m the only one left.
We make many friends in the world enemies through jokes.
Anyone looking for a flawless friend will be left alone.
A devoted friend is better than a close relative.
Make new friends, but don’t give up on old ones.
No fortune is more precious than a good friend.
It’s good to know your friend’s faults, but don’t tell others.
Where there is a lot of food, there is a lot of fish; natural people have many friends.
Remember, a good friend is hard to find.
Choose friends as books: few, but good.
Between friends the calculations are done quickly.
Without friendship there is no love, without love there is no friendship.
The heart knows its friends.
Tell me who you’re friends with so I can tell you who you are.
A true friend always remains your friend.
Be friends with your neighbors, but don’t get your hands on their fences.

Wise quotes about best friends

No one can live without friends, even if he owns all the goods of the world. – Aristotle
A good and sure friend is your conscience: do not kill, but let her die with you. 
Attending your friends should be like a school and talking to them, teaching. Make your friend a teacher and combine the benefits of instruction with the pleasure of conversation. – Baltasar Gracian

A true friend holds your hand and touches your heart. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I can trust my friends. These people always force me to examine myself and evolve – Cher
A friend, when he is a man, also surpasses a brother. – Homer
Nothing will ever replace the lost comrade. For old comrades cannot be created. – Antoine de Saint Exupery

Don’t offend your friend by lending him merits. – Rabindranath Tagore
A friend is someone who has the same enemies as you. – Abraham Lincoln
When people are friends, they don’t need justice, but when they are righteous, they need all friendship. – Aristotle

The best friend is only the one who, when he wants the best for us, wants it for our sake, even if no one finds out. – Aristotle

The dog would be man’s best friend if he had money. – Miguel de Unamuno
We only know what we tame. And people don’t have time to know anything. Buy ready-made things from merchants. And since there are no merchants of friends, people no longer have friends. – Antoine de Saint Exupery

Man must have friends and enemies. Friends teach him what to do, and enemies force him to do the right thing –  Unknown

A friend is a person with whom I can be honest. I can think out loud in front of him. – Ralph Waldo Emerso n
If you go out into the world looking for friends, you will find very few. If you go out into the world to be a friend, you will find friends everywhere. – Zig Ziglar

Having a friend is more vital than having an angel.
It is good to be moved by the misfortune of your friends, but it is better to come to their aid. – Voltaire

A friend looks like a coat. You must leave it before it wears out. If not, he leaves you. – Jules Renard

In good times, friends know us. In difficult times, we know them. John Collins
A friend is the one who gives you the freedom to be yourself. – Jim Morrison
It’s more embarrassing not to trust a friend than to be fooled by him. – Arthur Schopenhauer

Keep your friends close, and your enemies – even closer. – Sun Tzu

You can’t shake someone’s hand if your fists are clenched. – Indira Gandhi
With a true friend it is impossible to reach despair. – Balzac’s honor