Note three aphorisms that deal directly with friendship

1. "A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so." Aristotle

2. "Between friends there is no need of justice." Aristotle

3. "Men have to have friends even in hell." Miguel de Cervantes

1. Even the shadow of a friend is enough to make a man happy.

2. The cease-fire between women is called friendship.

3. Good friend is someone who speaks well of us behind our backs