Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. – Confucius

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both. – Fawn M. Brodie

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What do we ask of friendship except to be taken for what we pretend to be — and without having to pretend. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com