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

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

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

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