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.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

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

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.