One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.