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

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

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

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

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

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

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.