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

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

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.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.