Friendship without self - interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. ~ James F. Byrnes Give me one friend, just one, who meets The needs of all my varying moods. ~ Esther M. Clark The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. ~ Benjamin Disraeli The only way to have a friend is to be one. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ~ Kahlil Gibran Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life. ~ David Grayson If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair. ~ Samuel Johnson