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

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

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

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

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

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.