He who has nothing has no friends.

As matron and mistress will differ in temper and tone, so will the friend be distinct from the faithless parasite.

Friendship itself will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.

Be courteous to all but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Friends are fictions founded on some single momentary experience.

True friendship withstands time, distance, and silence.

Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, / And say my glory was I had such friends.

Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up.

One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

A friend in power is a friend lost.