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I think that it is important to be gregarious, and that friendships are not just a leisure pursuit, that they are an integral part of what it is to be human, and one does better work if one has a circle of friends that is active.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

Friendship is something that is cultivated.

Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.