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

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

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

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

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

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

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

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

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