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

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

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

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

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

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

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

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

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.