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

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

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.