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

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

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.