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

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

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

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

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

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

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.