In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. You want a friend in Washington? We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. When we say, 'Look, Donald Trump was a friend to hip hop back in the day; so was Bill Clinton,' It doesn't mean that because he was a friend to hip hop back in the day, that the same Bill Clinton wasn't at the lead of this mass incarceration of African Americans today. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. Get a dog. The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. “Friendship is one mind in two bodies.”. Donald Trump is a great friend, and he has four or five Picassos on his plane. Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind. There is a time for silence. The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares. A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house. The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. Confidence is the greatest friend. Just walk beside me and be my friend. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. “Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.”. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over. The best time to make friends is before you need them. They're everlasting; they can cut glass if they need to. Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. And that's where I would look at them. I am a friend of women and I am their advocate. A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal. She is a friend of mind. If you have a small circle of friends, and one of those friends doesn't stay loyal to you, they don't stay your friend for very long. A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met. Health is the greatest possession. The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job. The world is round so that friendship may encircle it. yeah.'. A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. Contentment is the greatest treasure. The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. BrainyQuote has been providing inspirational quotes since 2001 to our worldwide community. I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy.