Love is flower like Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

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

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

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

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

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

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

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