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

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

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

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

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

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

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

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.