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

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

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

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

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

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

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