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

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

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

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

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

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

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

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