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

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

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.

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

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

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

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

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

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