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

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

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

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

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.