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.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.