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

True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

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

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

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