If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love our friends for their sakes rather than for our own.

Friendship however is a plant which cannot be forced -- true friendship is no gourd spring up in a night and withering in a day.

There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.

Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes.

I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!

There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?"

"Are you a young lady?"

"I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I will be treated.