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

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

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

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

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

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

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.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

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