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

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

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

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.