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"Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee."
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"Friendship is a magnificent art of life that is drawn by two hearts and two minds."

"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake."

"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair."

"I have lost friends some by death ... others by sheer inability to cross the street."

"How very wonderful friends the moon, the sea and the night are!"

"I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it."

"Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts."

"Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man."

"To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart."
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"Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin."
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