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

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

Henry David Thoreau

man, succeed, friendship

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

Shirley MacLaine

fear, strangers, friendhsip

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

Thomas Jefferson

friendship, precious, shade

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.

Anais Nin

represents, world, friend

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Khalil Gibran

friendship, sweet responsibility, an opprtunity

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

Plautus

heaven, friend

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

Herman Melville

FRIENDSHIP, FRIENDSHIP AT FIRST SIGHT

A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.