In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

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

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

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

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

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.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

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