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

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

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

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