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

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.