When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.