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

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

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

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

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

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

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

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

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.