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

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

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

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

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

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

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.