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

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

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