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.

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.