I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. - Katherine Mansfield

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art . . . It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. - C. S. Lewis

Life is nothing without friendship. - Cicero

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, But which will bloom most constantly? - Emily Bronte