Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both of my love and my esteem; I love you as a kind man, I value you as a worthy man, and hope in time to reverence you as a man of exemplary piety.

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

A friend once wrote: Give me your faith, not your doubts.

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then

You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.

Friendship should be a responsibility, never an opportunity.

Camerado, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself?

Friend -- One who knows all about you and likes you just the same

He whose hand is clasped in friendship cannot throw mud.