A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

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

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 one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

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

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

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