Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

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

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

Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.

Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil -- but it needs a little mulch of letters read more

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil -- but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small silly presents every so often -- just to save it from drying out completely.

Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part read more

Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up, does rejoice. I guess I just miss my friend.

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have read more

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.

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

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

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.