But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

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

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

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

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

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

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.