Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

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

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

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

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

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.