Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

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

Some people go to priests others to poetry I to my friends.

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.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

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