Bounds Quote by Herman Melville

We value the devotedness of friendship rather as an oblation to vanity than as a free interchange of hearts; an endearing contract of sympathy,…

— Jane Porter

“Friendship among men, when it overpasses a certain limit, has something deep, high, ideal, infinitely sweet, to which no other friendship attains.”

— Paul Sabatier

“  "Friendship is no plant of hasty growth,    Though planted in esteem's deep-fixed soil,    The gradual culture of kind intercourse    Must bring it to perfection.”

— Isabella Mary Beeton

“The school discussed friendship often. It is, they learned, one of the things man can least afford to lack; necessary to the good life,…

— Mary Renault

Friendship is an unselfish love that gives and receives freely.

— Anonymous

“One enjoys friendship most when times are good, when the sun shines and the world is kind. But it is the sharing of adversity…

— John Christopher

“Love is the feeling we have for those we care deeply about and hold in high regard. It can be light as the hug…

— Cheryl Strayed

“The higher the style we demand of friendship, of course the less easy to establish it with flesh and blood. We walk alone in…

— William De Witt Hyde

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

— Samuel Johnson

“Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times.…

— Jay Crownover

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

— Augustine Birrell

Friendship is an obstetric art; it draws out our richest and deepest resources; it unfolds the wings of our dreams and hidden indeterminate thoughts;…

— Antonin Sertillanges