| Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his. |
| Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway |
| Friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them. |
| My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia. |
| You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. |
| Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. |
| Have no friends not equal to yourself. |
| Being friendless taught me how to be a friend. Funny how that works. |
| It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship |
| The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends |