Channing.

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Somehow or other, friendship entwines itself with the life of all men, nor does it suffer any mode of spending our life to be independent of itself.

Cicero.

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Small service is true service while it lasts,
Of humblest friends, bright creature, scorn not one;
The daisy by the shadow that it casts
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.

Wordsworth.

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Some friendships are made by nature, some by contract, some by interest, and some by souls.

Taylor.