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

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

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Love is flower like Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

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

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

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

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.