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

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

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

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

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

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