“Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence
“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend
“Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins
“I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing
“Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other