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

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

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

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

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

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