Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

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

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

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