A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

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

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

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

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

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

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.