The Friend asks no return but that his Friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other’s hopes. They are kind to each other’s dreams. – Henry David Thoreau

They took their meals together and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test, that they never quarrelled or disputed the possession of a favourite fruit with each other. – Henry Walter Bates

Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. – William Butler Yeats

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox