There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

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