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

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

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

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

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