A true friend
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
friendship, knowledge, ignorance
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
friendship, first sight, like love, only truth
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
intimate, courteous, friendship
Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.