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.

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

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.