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

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

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

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

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

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

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

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