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

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

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.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

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

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

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

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

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