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

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

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

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

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.