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

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.