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

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

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

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

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

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.