"The language of friendship is not words, but meanings."

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

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

"Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own."

"Friendship redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half"

"The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime."