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

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

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

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

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