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

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

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

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

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

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.