There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

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

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

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

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.