It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

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

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.