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.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

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

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

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