"Whoso casts a stone at a bird will frighten it away; and whoso abuses a friend will estrange affection." ~~ Ben Sira 22:23
"Friendship is man’s greatest gift." ~~ Moses Ibn Ezra
"Forsake not an old friend, for the new one is not his peer! A new friend is as new wine: when it is old, you shall drink it with pleasure." ~~ Ben Sira 9:10
"The eye of the needle is not too narrow for two friends and the vastness of the world not enough for two enemies." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim
"Press not your friend to dine with you when you know that he dines not, nor offer him many gifts when you know that he accepts them not! " ~~ Talmud, Chullin
"Friendship is like a treasury: you cannot take from it more than you put into it." ~~ Benjamin Mandelstamm
"When a friend changes, regard him as an enemy." ~~ Joseph Caspi
"Who bears false witness against his friend deserves to be thrown to the wolves." ~~ Talmud, Pesachi
"When fortune favors you, you will find every man your faithful friend." ~~ Mishle Israel
"If your own heart is too narrow to hold your secret, your friend’s is narrower still." ~~ Magen Avot
"Friends are of three kinds: one like food which one cannot do without; one like medicine which you may need now and then; and one like pestilence which no one needs at all." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim
"Bring all men into friendship with you." ~~ Apocrypha: Ben Sira
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