True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings

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

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

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

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

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.