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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

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

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

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

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