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

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

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

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

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

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

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

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

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

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.