“Confidence is the only bond of friendship.”

“This friendship and this bond that we share is, to us, the No. 1 priority.”

“This friendship and this bond that we share is, to us, the No. 1 priority.”

“Friendship is a very simple bond: it is true, loyal and concrete.”

“Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.”

“to one of which I am attached by bonds of friendship, to other by ties of common origin”

“The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.”

“I define friendship as a bond that transcends all barriers. When you are ready to expect anything and everything from friends, good, bad or ugly... that's what I call true friendship.”

“Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people of widely different culture the only common basis possible is the lowest level.”

“True friendship implies full confidence, which may only be completely given or completely withdrawn. If friendship has continually to be analyzed, nursed, and cured, it will cause more anguish than love itself, without having love's strength and its remedies. And if this confidence is ill-placed? Well - I would rather be betrayed by a false friend than deceive a true one.”