That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

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

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

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

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

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

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

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

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.