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

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

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Love is flower like Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

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

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

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

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

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

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.