Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

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

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

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.