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.

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

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

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

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

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.