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

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

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

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

Friends... they cherish one another's dreams. They are kind to one another's dreams

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