Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

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

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

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

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

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

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

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