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

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

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

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

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

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

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.