I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

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

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

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

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

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

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

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