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

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

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

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

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

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

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.