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

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

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

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

The language of friendship is not words but meanings