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

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

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

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

Love is flower like Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

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

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.