“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them ”

“Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other”

“Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway ”

“Life has no blessing like a prudent friend ”

“I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing ”

“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil”