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

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

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

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.