Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

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

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

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.