A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

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

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

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

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.

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

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.