Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

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

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

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

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

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.