Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots. ~ George Santayana
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. ~ St. Thomas Aquinas
A bosom friend--an intimate friend, you know--a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul. ~ Lucy Maud Montgomery
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still. ~ Friedrich W. Nietzsche
A friend married is a friend lost. ~ Henrik Ibsen
The true beloveds of this world are in their lover's eyes lilacs opening, ship lights, school bells, a landscape, remembered conversations, friends, a child's Sunday, lost voices, one's favorite suit, autumn and all seasons, memory, yes, it being the earth and water of existence, memory. ~ Truman Capote
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. ~ Muhammad Ali
Between friends there is no need of justice. ~ Aristotle , Abounding Grace
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary. ~ Louisa May Alcott
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ~ Kahlil Gibran
Your friendship is better than chocolate! Well, anyway, it's right up there. ~ Julie Sutton
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ~ Sydney Smith
Friendship is that virtue by which spirits are bound by ties of love and sweetness and out of many are made one. ~ St. Aelred Of Rievaulx