Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, who has sight so keen and strong
That it can follow the flight of song?

I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care to acquire.

La Rochefoucauld

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

La Rochefoucauld

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.

Samuel Johnson

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

Homer Simpson

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

Kahlil Gibran

Let your best be for your friend.

Kahlil Gibran

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

Your friend is your needs answered.

Kahlil Gibran

A good friend is my nearest relation.

Thomas Fuller

Friendship is Love without his wings!

Lord Byron

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

Eustace Budgel

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

James Boswell