Love and friendship exclude each other. – Jean de la Bruyere

When you choose your friends, dont be short-changed by choosing personality over character. – W. Somerset Maugham

If a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. – Edgar Watson Howe

To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time. – Cornelia Otis Skinner