Friends How is he best described ? Well, it has been my observation that although many will cry with you, but few can sincerely rejoice with you. Therefore, in my opinion, a good friend is one who can enjoy your successes without envy ; one who can say, "That was wonderful ! You can do it again, even better if you want !" and mean it. There is a proverb that Nothing taxes a friendship more than the prosperity of one and not the other. Even the closest of friendships (and marriages) often cannot withstand such strain and collapse. It's small wonder that many minor friendships sometimes go down the drain for the same reason. Here I think the person of good chractor and sound moral fiber, of honor and humor, courage and conviction is a friend to be sought, coddled, and treasured - for there are few. And because only with such people can be obtain the fruitful experienses. One more question...What makes a friendship last ? Well, I don't know all the answers, but one of me observations is that most good friends usually have similar tastes. They generally like and dislike many of the same things. There also usually seems to exist a parallelism of personality traits - especially in the fundamental values of life such as honesty, sincerity, loyalty, and dependability. The most important things might be relying, sharing, giving, getting, enjoying, and son on. Sometimes need a sympathetic ear for our friends, or sometimes need even criticism to help our friends. If I could find such friend who can have them, I value the friendships with him. And such a good friend is a rare treasure.