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

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

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

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

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

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.