A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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.

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

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