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

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

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

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

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

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

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

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