Chanakya Quotes on Friendship (14 Quotes)

They alone are sons who are devoted to their father. He is a father who supports his sons. He is a friend in whom we can confide, and she only is a wife in whose company the husband feels contented and peaceful.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

Fondle a son until he is five years of age, and use the stick for another ten years, but when he has attained his sixteenth year treat him as a friend.

It is better to be without a kingdom than to rule over a petty one better to be without a friend than to befriend a rascal better to be without a disciple than to have a stupid one and better to be without a wife than to have a bad one.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Do not inhabit a country where you are not respected, cannot earn your livelihood, have no friends, or cannot acquire knowledge.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.

He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.

Consider again and again the following the right time, the right friends, the right place, the right means of income, the right ways of spending, and from whom you derive your power.

Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained but this body when lost may never be acquired again.

Friendship between equals flourishes, service under a king is respectable, it is good to be business-minded in public dealings, and a handsome lady is safe in her own home.