A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

A friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.

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

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

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

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.