Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

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

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

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

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

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

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.