Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

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

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

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

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

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

Some people go to priests others to poetry I to my friends.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

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