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

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.

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

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.

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

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

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

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