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

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

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

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

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

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

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

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.