If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.