• Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."-—C. S. Lewis

• Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.--Samuel Butler

• Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.--John Evelyn

• Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.--Woodrow Wilson

• 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

• Friendship of a kind that cannot easily be reversed tomorrow must have its roots in common interests and shared beliefs.--Barbara Tuchman