Laughter is not at all

a bad beginning for

a friendship, and

it is far the best

ending for one.

I have learned that

to be with those

I like is enough.

Friendship with a man

is friendship with

his virtue.

Friendship may,

and often does,

grow into love,

but love never

subsides into

friendship.

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.

No distance of place or

lapse of time can lessen

the friendship of those

who are thoroughly

persuaded of each

other's worth.

Friendship is certainly

the finest balm for the

pangs of disappointed love

Friendship is not something

you learn in school.

But if you haven't learned

the meaning of friendship,

you really haven't

learned anything.

Things are never quite

as scary when you've

got a best friend.