“Better to have one friend of great value, than many friends who were good for nothing.”

“There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.”

“Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.”

“It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends.”

“New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.”

“[Will Herondale] would say he knew a warlock who was a better friend, and more worth trusting, than many a nephilim warrior.”

“I think we were better as friends than husband and wife.”

“It’s amazing to have people singing a song back to you on a stage. It’s great to finish recording a song and play it for your friend, and they love it. That feels good. But nothing feels better than when you’ve finished something and you know it’s good, and you know that those other responses will come in time.”

“You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.”

“The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized.”