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

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

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

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

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

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

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

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.