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

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

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

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

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

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

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.