It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

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

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

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

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