“I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.”

“Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.”

“It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.”

“No, Your Majesty, I do not like kings, but I do like a man be­hind a king when I find him.”

“As for King Hussein of Jordan, I cannot praise him enough. He is not only a friend, but a brother. His qualities as a man and his goodness of heart are enhanced by great courage and a true love of his country.”

“A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points.”

“I thought, There goes my lord, whom I was born to follow. I have found a King.
And, I said to myself, looking after him as he walked away, I will have him, if I die for it.”

“When at length they rose to go to bed, it struck each man as he followed his neighbour upstairs that the one before him walked very crookedly.”

“How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand?”

“Pete's my best friend, I was the best man at his wedding, I love that man to death. I'd take a bullet for him.”