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.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

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

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

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

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

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.