A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

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

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

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

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

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

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

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.