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.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

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

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

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

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