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

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

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

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

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

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.