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

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

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

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

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

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

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