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

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

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

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

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

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

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

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