True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

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

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

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

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

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.