Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

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.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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