That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

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

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

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

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

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

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.