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

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

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

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

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

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

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

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.