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

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

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

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

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