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

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

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

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.

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

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

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.