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

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

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

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.