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

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

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

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

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

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.