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

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

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

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

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

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

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

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

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

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.