“A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the thousands of answers received were the following:

‘One who multiplies joys, divides grief, and whose honesty is inviolable.’

‘One who understands our silence.’

‘A volume of sympathy bound in cloth.’

‘A watch that beats true for all time and never runs down.’

The winning definition read - ‘A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.’”

“A friend is one who warns you.”   Old Jewish proverb

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You, too? I thought I was the only one.’”   C.S. Lewis