A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

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

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

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

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.