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

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

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

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

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

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.