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

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

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

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

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

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