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

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

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

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.