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

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

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.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

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

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

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

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.

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