“What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.”

“False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.”

“It is said of money that it is more easily made than kept and this is true of many things, such as friendship; and even life itself is more easily got than kept.”

“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”

“One minute of reconciliation is worth more than a whole life of friendship.”

“True friendship is like the sun that you can't always see in the darkness of night, but you know will return to brighten your day.”

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

“He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.”

“The only true test of friendship is the time your friend spends on you.”