Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

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

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

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

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

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship

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

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

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