Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

A friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

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

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

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

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.