Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Friends are relatives you make for yourself.

Friends are relatives you make for yourself.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art ... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things read more

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art ... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

A friend is someone who can sing you the song of your heart when you've forgotten it.

A friend is someone who can sing you the song of your heart when you've forgotten it.

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.

A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value read more

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.