You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

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.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

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

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

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

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