Disagreeable Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else.

— John Lubbock

A man can seem to have many friends yet know little of friendship.

— Clarence H. Burns

No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.

— Anonymous

We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said that the only way to have a friend is to be one. We can gain…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Know this, that he that is a friend to himself, is a friend to all men.

— Seneca the Elder

“Men become friends when they can share their minds with one another. Anything is better than being lied to: a real friend will disagree…

— Jackson Crawford

Every man's friend is no man's friend.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.

— Moliere

An honest man here lies at rest, the friend of man the friend of truth the friend of age and guide of youth. Few…

— Robert Burns

He can hardly be a true friend to another, who is an enemy to himself.

— James Howell

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what…

— Henry David Thoreau