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

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

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

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

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

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

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

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