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

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

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

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

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

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.