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

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

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

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Love is flower like Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

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