"Hold a true friend with both your hands."
— Nigerian Proverb

"Each friend represents a world in us; a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only in meeting them that a new world is born."
— Anais Nin

"And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with hours to live."
— Kahlil Gibran

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you."
— Winnie the Pooh

"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

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

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity."
— Kahlil Gibran