Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit.  Aristotle quotes
Friendship is Love without his wings! Lord Byron quotes True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. Charles Caleb Colton quotes I have three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company. Henry David Thoreau quotes No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. Robert Southey quotes Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief. Anonymous quotes The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this? Henry David Thoreau quotes | 
