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.

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

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

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

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

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

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

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.