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

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

Some people go to priests others to poetry I to my friends.

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

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

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.