One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

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

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

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

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

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

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

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.