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

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

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

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.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

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

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.