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

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

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.

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

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