When you achieve the societys definition of success, you will often find that the number of friends you have goes up. People who would generally ignore you suddenly want to be friends with you. People and relatives, you hardly ever knew suddenly turn up reminding of you of the close bond you once shared. But does the number of genuine friends go up, really? No. It remains unchanged.
The only thing you get from insisting on winning an argument is a temporarily inflated sense of self worth and permanently alienated friends.
A true friend is someone who does not abandon you in bad times and does not envy you in good ones.
Nobody can be a better friend for you than yourself
You don't have to be similar to be true friends. You don't have to think like each other, you just have to think for each other.