Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

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

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

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

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

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 friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

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