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

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

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

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

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

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

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.