I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

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

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

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

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

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

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