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

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.

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

A friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

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

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

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

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

Some people go to priests others to poetry I to my friends.