Just as there are people who only approach you out of self-interest or envy, there are also those who have shown you their loyalty, who have been there for you in both the good and bad times of your ...

Friendship is one of life’s simplest pleasures. While it’s easy to take friendships for granted, the variety of people in your corner often defines how balanced, supported, and joyful your life feels.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. In the process of making friends and maintaining friendships, ...

Robin Dunbar is a professor of anthropology at the University of Oxford, a renowned evolutionary psychologist and author of Friends: Understanding the Power of Our Most Important Relationships.

When I returned from working in India, I brought back a saying with me: “When once you have been bitten by a snake, you become cautious even of a rope.” That proverb comes back to me whenever I think ...