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

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

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

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

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

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

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

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Some people go to priests others to poetry I to my friends.