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

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

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship

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

A friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.

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

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

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

Some people go to priests others to poetry I to my friends.

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.