But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

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

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

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

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

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.