A river is filled by its tributaries.

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.

Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selective you become.

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break, our bonds of affection.

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.

There are three great friends: an old wife, and old dog, and ready money.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

A friend is as it were a second self.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work.

The common denominator of happy and successful people is that they spend their time with other happy and successful people.

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

Networking is more about ‘farming’ than it is about ‘hunting’. It’s about cultivating relationships.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.