A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

A good friend keeps your secrets for you. A best friend helps you keep your own secrets.

If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

It was never a good idea to confide in people. They always remembered, and when they came up to you in the street, years later, you could see the information was still firmly attached to your face and present in the way they said your name and the pressure of their hand clasping yours.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.