An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

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

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

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

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

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

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

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