The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

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

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

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

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

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