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

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

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

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

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

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

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

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

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.