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

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

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

Friends... they cherish one another's dreams. They are kind to one another's dreams

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

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

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

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