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

True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

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

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

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

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

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