One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...

Real friends stab you in the front.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Friends are nothing but a known enemy