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

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

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

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

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship

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

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.