Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

A friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

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

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

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

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

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

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

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.