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

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

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

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

The language of friendship is not words but meanings

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

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

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

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.