One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.