Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Aristotle

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

Aristotle

The rain may be falling hard outside,
But your smile makes it all alright.
I'm so glad that you're my friend.
I know our friendship will never end.

Robert Alan

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

Hillaire Belloc

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.

Pietro Aretino

Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness.

Lois L. Kaufman

Count your age with friends but not with years.

A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.

Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.

Swedish Proverb

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

John Evelyn

Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.

Samuel Paterson

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Walter Winchell

One who looks for a friend without faults will have none.

Hasidic Saying

The best mirror is an old friend.

George Herbert

Friends are the sunshine of life.

John Hay