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

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

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

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.