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

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

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

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.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.