There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. – Edgar Allan Poe

My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do. – Stephanie Tubbs Jones

A bosom friend — an intimate friend, you know — a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul. – L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

The language of friendship is not words but meanings. – Henry David Thoreau