"Let your friends be many but your confidant only one in a thousand!" ~~ Ben Sira 6:6
"There is a friend who is one only in name." ~~ Apocrypha: Ben Sira
"Two dogs were bad friends. One day the wolf attacked one of them. Quoth the other: “If I do not help him today, the wolf will destroy him and tomorrow attack me.” So they joined forces and killed the wolf." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"Tell not your secret to your friend, for sometimes a friend turns into a foe!" ~~ Sefer Hamusar
"Gentle speech multiplies friends." ~~ Ben Sira 6:5
"Interrupt not the speech of your friend before he finish!" ~~ Hidden Scrolls
"A faithful friend is a powerful defence; he that has found such a one has found a treasure." ~~ Ben Sira 6:14
"Who can ask for mercy for his friend, and does not, is a sinner." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"Who is the laziest man on earth? The man too lazy to make friends; but even lazier [is] the man who made friends and lost them." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim
"Do not cast out an old friend for a new one!" ~~ Ben Sira 9:12
"A woman suffers more from the jealousy of a friend than from the prick of a thorn." ~~ Talmud, Yevamot
"Who welcomes his friend with a smile is as one giving him the finest gifts in the world." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan
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