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

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

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

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

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

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