A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend.
It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.
We sometimes try to impress people we just met by not trying to impress them.
Saying that you do not remember something or someone is a less embarrassing or hurtful way of saying that you do not know it or them anymore.
Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.
Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.
In poverty, friends are few; in prosperity, acquaintances are numerous; in affluence, associates are countless.
Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends.
One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.
One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.