It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
- John Leonard

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!
- Doug Larson

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's your birthday to-day, so why are we waiting?
Without further delay, Let's start celebrating.
- Norman Wesley Brooks

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
- Elbert Hubbard

Count your life by smiles, not tears.
Count your age by friends, not years.
- John Lennon

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
- Helen Keller

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
- Plautus

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
- Walter Winchell

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
- Thomas Aquinas

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.
- Charles R. Swindoll

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.
- Henry Van Dyke

Cakes are special. Every birthday, every celebration ends with something sweet, a cake, and people remember. It's all about the memories.
- Buddy Valastro

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
- Henry Ford

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
- Elbert Hubbard

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
- Jean de La Fontaine

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
- Henri Nouwen

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
- Mencius

A friend is a gift you give yourself.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
- Marlene Dietrich