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

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

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

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

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.