Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

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

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

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