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

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

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

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

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

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

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