waiting for my wild orange tea to cool off....and I found this..

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming. by William Hazlitt

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend. by Oliver Wendell Holmes

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
by Elbert Hubbard

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
by Elbert Hubbard

The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?
by Eugene Kennedy

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
by Laurence J. Peter