A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.