“The brother-soul and the brother-heart Of a friend or two Makes us drift on from the crowd apart, With a friend or two; For come days happy or come days sad We count no hours but the ones made glad By the hale good times we have ever had With a friend or two.”

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

“We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.”

“You win the victory when you yield to friends.”

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”

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

“Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.”