Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

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

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

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

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

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

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

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