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

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

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

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

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

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.