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

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

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

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

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

Love is flower like Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.