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

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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

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

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

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

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

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

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.