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

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

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

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

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

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

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

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.