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

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

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

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

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.