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"Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship."

"Life has no blessing like a prudent friend."

"Love demands infinitely less than friendship."

"Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness."

"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair."

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

"The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship."

"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves."

"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."

"One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human."

"Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship."

"No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth."

"It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means."

"True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions."

"Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day."

"A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend."

"A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself."

"Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil."

"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."

"Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used."

"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious."

"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce."

"I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends."

"If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love."