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

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

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

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

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

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