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

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

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

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

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

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

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