“A friendship that like love is warm;
A love like friendship, steady.”

“Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.”

“Flowers are lovely; love is flower-like;
Friendship is a sheltering tree”

“To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.”

“Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship—never.”

“Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.”

“Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.”

“All love that has not friendship for its base,
Is like a mansion built upon the sand.”

“Life often seems like a long shipwreck, of which the débris are friendship, fame, and love.”

“Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.”