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

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

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.

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

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

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.