If I speak to thee in friendship's name, thou think'st I speak too coldly, if I mention love's devoted flame, thou say'st I speak too boldly

A friendship like love is warm; a love like friendship is steady.

Friendship demands attention.

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight is said to be the only truth