Freundschaft ist ein Knotenstock auf Reisen, / Lieb' ein Stäbchen zum Spazierengehn—Friendship is a sturdy stick to travel with; love a slender cane to promenade with. Chamisso.
Friar Modest never was prior. It. Pr. 50
Friend after friend departs; / Who hath not lost a friend? / There is no union here of hearts / That finds not here an end. J. Montgomery.
Friend, hast thou considered the "rugged, all-nourishing earth," as Sophocles well names her; how she feeds the sparrow on the housetop, much more her darling, man? Carlyle.
Friend, however thou camest by this book, I will assure thee thou wert least in my thoughts when I writ it. Bunyan.
"Friend, I never gave thee any of my jewels!" "No, but you have let me look at them, and that is all the use you can make of them yourself; moreover, you have the trouble of watching them, and that is an employment I do not much desire." Goldsmith.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passports to fortune. Schopenhauer.
Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. Gael. Pr.
Friends are ourselves. Donne. 5
Friends are rare, for the good reason that men are not common. Joseph Roux.