Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

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

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

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