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

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

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

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

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

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

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