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

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

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

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

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

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

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

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