Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.
Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Friendship isn't about whom you have known the longest. It's about who came, and never left your side.
Friends are born, not made.
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected.
Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.
Mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.