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

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Some people go to priests others to poetry I to my friends.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.