Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

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

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

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

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

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.