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

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

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.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

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

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

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

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

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

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