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

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.

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

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

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

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.