The language of friendship is not words but meanings

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

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

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

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

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

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

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

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