But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!

Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

To God, thy country, and thy friend be true.

The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.

Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer.