When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

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

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

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Love is flower like Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

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

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.