The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

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

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.

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

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

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

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.