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

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

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

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

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

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

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