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

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

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

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

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

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.