Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor misery, nor place, nor destiny, can alter or diminish
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
I've stayed friends with the boys I've known since I was 10.
I cannot quantify the physics of friendships and do not know exactly how much intense pressure can be applied before these glittery, brittle bonds break.
It's true: lives do drift apart for no obvious reason. We're all busy people,we can't spend our time simply trying to stay in touch. The test of a friendship is if it can weather these inevitable gaps.
When you get older, everybody sort of changes and moves away. I think that stands the test of time, when you have a friendship from youth that's still in your life today.
The permanency of most friendships depends upon the continuity of good fortune.
Matching tattoos don't ensure the longevity of a friendship, any more than any other mutual hardship.
It's great because all of my friends from elementary school are still my closest friends.
