I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

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

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

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

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

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

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

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

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.