If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

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

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

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

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

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.

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

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

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