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

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

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

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

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.