The Jewish Wisdom Database

If you believe all gossip around you, you will be left without one good friend.

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

To have a friend, be one.

Two are better than one, for if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow.

The best minister is the human heart; the best teacher is time; the best book is the world; the best friend is God.

Who hates his friend is like a shedder of blood.

Jealousy is the worst of evils, because it hurts first one's friend.

One would not be jealous of one's friend if one could be like him.

There are three teachers: parents, instructors, and comrades.

There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

Bring all men into friendship with you.

Be on your guard against your friends.

A new friend is as new wine.

There is a friend who is one only in name.

Never weary of making friends.

When a friend changes, regard him as an enemy.

Friendship is man's greatest gift.

A friend will prove himself in time of trouble.

Let not a thousand friends seem too many in your eyes.

Who looks for a faultless friend will have none.

Beware of friends, not enemies.

False friends, like birds, migrate in cold weather.

A friend in the market is better than gold in the chest.

Friendship is like a treasury: you cannot take from it more than you put into it.

Your enemies you have to take, wherever and however you find them; but fortunately, I can choose my friends.