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

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

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

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

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

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

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

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.