As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

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

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

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

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

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

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