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

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

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

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

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

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.