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.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.