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

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

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

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

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

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

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.