I am posting a series of questions - all the same. There are no
correct or incomplete anwers.

Q1.) Define 'best friend' in your own terms.

Q2.) Find me 3 distinct online resources/articles about friendship.
Any 3 - so long as they are not already provided as answers to copies
of this question.

This is preliminary research for a project I am working on. The
important factor right now is the diversity of answers, thus the
multiple postings of the same question.

- SgtCory

Dear SgtCory,

To define the "best friend" is anything but easy. Nevertheless, I'll try.
A best friend is the one person who makes the best in me come out and
evolve. The one whith whom I share without losing anything. And the
one who forthrightly gives opinion and advice on what I am doing, even
if it is different from what I hope to hear. The best friend is honest
and will not dissemble just to please me.

As for the online sources on friendship, I hope that these are useful
for your project:

The ancient Roman author Cicero's book "On Friendship"
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/cicero-friendship.html
(Source: Ancient History Sourcebook)

Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Friendship"
http://www.rwe.org/works/Essays-1st_Series_06_Friendship.htm
(Source: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The essay "Of Friendship", by French philosopher Michel de Montaigne
http://www.bartleby.com/32/105.html
(Source: Bartleby.com)

I hope that this is the kind of answer you expected.
All the best,
Scriptor

Honest - concise and from a source that I highly respect. Thank you
for the great answer!