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

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

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.

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

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.