Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Let me be very clear: my friendship with my friends ends where the interest of the country begins.

My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.

A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.

Yeah, I miss it. You don't just break off a friendship you've had with a sport, and with all those you've met all over the country. We've got some friends, some very close friends, and you just sit back and think how fortunate you were having a career like that. And, actually, there's nothing in the game of baseball that hasn't happened to me.

'Mistresses' is about the lives of four women, each going through different versions of infidelity. Their longtime friendship is what gets them through extremely challenging times.