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.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.