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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

A friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.