A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

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

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

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