Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

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

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

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

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

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

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

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

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

The language of friendship is not words but meanings