Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

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

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

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

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.