Aristotle Friend Quotations

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of the democracy; measures therefore should be taken which will give them lasting prosperity; and as this is equally the interest of all classes, the proceeds of the public revenues should be accumulated and distributed among its poor, if possible, in such quantities as may enable them to purchase a little farm, or, at any rate, make a beginning in trade or husbandry.

Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies

Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than in good.

The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

A true friend is one soul divided into two people.

The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.