Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

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

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

A friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.

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