Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

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

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

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.