To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.
What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
Love is blind friendship closes its eyes.
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
