Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

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

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

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

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

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

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.