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

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

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

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

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!