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

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

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

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

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

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

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

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.