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

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

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

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

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

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