Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

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

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

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

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

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

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

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.