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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

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

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

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

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.