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

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

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

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

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

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

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.