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.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

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

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.