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 is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

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

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

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.