Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

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

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

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

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

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

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

Friends... they cherish one another's dreams. They are kind to one another's dreams

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