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.

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

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

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

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

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