I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

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

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

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

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

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

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