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

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

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

A friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

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

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.