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

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

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

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

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

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

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

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

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