Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

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

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

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

Some people go to priests others to poetry I to my friends.

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

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.

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