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

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

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

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

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

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

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.