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.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

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

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

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