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

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

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

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

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