"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend."

"The language of friendship is not words but meanings."

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."

"True friends stab you in the front."

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."

"We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't mind washing up beside you, dusting beside you, reading the back half of the paper while you read the front.

"Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."

"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."

"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."

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