Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

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

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

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

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

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.