Only those who knew and loved him best can understand what his friendship meant to me.

My best friend, gone for ever, and I never had the chance to say good-bye, to tell him how much his friendship meant to me.

"I wanted you both to understand how much your burgeoning friendship with my mother meant to her," he wrote.

But I would have you know, here and now, what your friendship has meant to me.

We had a lot of discussion that our friendship meant more to us than anything else.

"Your friendship means more to me than I can say."

There in the court house, within hours of each other, were two people whose friendships could mean healthy profits for her.

For 40 years our love and friendship has meant everything to me.

Your friendship means more to me than anything except for the lives of my wife and daughter.

Your friendship and advice have meant a great deal to me over the years.