True friends stab you in the front.
Date of birth: 1854-10-16
Date of death: 1900-11-30
Quotes number: 203
Nationality: Irish
Profession: Dramatist
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.
It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.