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

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

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

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.