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

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

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

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

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.