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

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

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

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

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

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

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

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

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

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.