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

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

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

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

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

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.