Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

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

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

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

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

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

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

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

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