“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”– Jane Austen Related Quotes “Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.”– Austin O’Malley “False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.”– Richard Burton “Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph with time it fades.”– Carmen Sylva