The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

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

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

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