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

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

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

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.

Friends... they cherish one another's dreams. They are kind to one another's dreams

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

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.