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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

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

True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.