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

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

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

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

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

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.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

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.

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

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.