Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
—Henry D. Thoreau
Friendship, peculiar boon of heaven,
The noble mind’s delight and pride,
To men and angels only given,
To all the lower world denied!
—Samuel Johnson
Friendship heightens all our affections. We receive all the ardor of our friends in addition to our own. The communication of minds gives to each the fervor of each.
—Channing
Friendship! Sir, there can be no such thing without an equality!
—Farquhar
Friendship admits of difference of character, as love does that of sex.
—Joseph Roux
Something like home, that is not home, is to be desired; it is to be found in the house of a friend.