Friendship builds itself up: it is a sentiment which walks circumspectly.
—Henry Murger
The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust.
—Emerson
You will forgive me, I hope, for the sake of the friendship between us,
Which is too true and too sacred to be so easily broken.
—Longfellow
Friendship, like love, is but a name,
Unless to one you stint the flame.
—John Gay
I do not wish to see my friends as I run; I want to enjoy them in long draughts.
—Comte de Bussy Rabutin
For affection, or the faintest imitation of it, a man should be obliged to his very dog. But for the gross assistance of patronage or purse, let him pause before accepting them from anyone.
—Carlyle