Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

'Yet Unnamed Man': "Beeblebrox, over here!"
"No," called Zaphod. "Beeblebrox over here! Who are you?"
"A friend!" Shouted back the man. He ran toward Zaphod.
"Oh yeah?" said Zaphod. "Anyone's friend in particular, or just generally well-disposed to people?"

No-one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

If we want to make friends, let's greet people with animation and enthusiasm. When somebody calls you on the telephone use the same psychology. Say "Hello" in tones that bespeak how pleased YOU are to have the person call.

If we merely try to impress people and get people interested in us, we will never have many true, sincere friends. Friends, real friends, are not made that way.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

An excellent man: he has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends. George Bernard Shaw.

If we want to make friends, let's put ourselves out to do things for other people - things that require time, energy, unselfishness and thoughtfulness.

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. First Inaugural Address (4 March 1861)