Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

I hope you don't mind that I put down in words, how wonderful life is while you're in the world.

Sometimes our lights goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures.

Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .

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

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

Time doesn't take away from friendship, nor does separation.

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.