Have friends: It is the second existence. Every friend is good and wise for his friend, and among them all gets well managed.
—Balthasar Gracian
When our friends are present, we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.
—Epictetus
To Friendship every burden’s light.
—John Gay
All are friends in heaven, all faithful friends,
And many friendships in the days of Time
Begun, are lasting here, and growing still.
—Robert Pollok
A Friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us.
—Henry D. Thoreau
Friendship is immeasurably better than kindness.