A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

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

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

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

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

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