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

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

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

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

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