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

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

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

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.