It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. – Confucius

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship. – Sallust

To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time. – Cornelia Otis Skinner