Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

I know, firsthand, that soccer brings people together - all it takes is a ball and a few people, and the seeds of friendship are planted.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

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

Friendship needs no words it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

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

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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