My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

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

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

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

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.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

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

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.