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

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

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

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

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

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

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