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

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

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

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

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

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

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

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

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

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