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

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

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

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

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

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