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

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

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

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.