A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.
James Boswell
Friendship is essentially a partnership.
Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
Aristotle
The rain may be falling hard outside,
But your smile makes it all alright.
I'm so glad that you're my friend.
I know our friendship will never end.
Robert Alan
There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.
Hillaire Belloc
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
Pietro Aretino
Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness.
Lois L. Kaufman
Count your age with friends but not with years.
A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.
Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.
Swedish Proverb
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.
John Evelyn
Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.
Samuel Paterson
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Walter Winchell
One who looks for a friend without faults will have none.
Hasidic Saying
The best mirror is an old friend.
George Herbert
Friends are the sunshine of life.
John Hay
"Friendship needs no words..."
Dag Hammarskjold.
"Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil."
Baltasar Gracian
Friends are like melons; shall I tell you why? To find one good you must one hundred try.
Claude Mermet
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.
"A faithful friend is the medicine of life."
Apocrypha
Hold a true friend with both your hands.
Nigerian Proverb
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
Abraham Lincoln
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert Camus