Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, you've had a great life.

If you make a friend, make one only after testing him, And do not be in a hurry to confide in him. There are friends who are so when it suits their convenience, Who will not stand by you when you are in trouble.

The test of friendship is assistance in adversity-and that, too, unconditional assistance. Cooperation which needs consideration is a commercial contract, and not friendship. Conditional cooperation is like adulterated cement which does not bind.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people once a year.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.