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

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

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

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

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

A friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.