Your character is depend on your culture and your friendship.

A good friend is better than a near relation.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Life goes headlong. We chase some flying scheme, or we are hunted by some fear or command behind us. But if suddenly we encounter a friend, we pause; our heat and hurry look foolish enough; now pause, now possession, is required, and the power to swell the moment from the resources of the heart. The moment is all, in all noble relations.

Prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.