A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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

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

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

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

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

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

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