I love a friendship that flatters itself in the sharpness and vigor of its communications.
—Montaigne
No word is oftener on the lips of man than Friendship, and indeed no thought is more familiar to their aspirations.
—Henry D. Thoreau
Friendships are the purer and the more ardent, the nearer they come to the presence of God, the Sun not only of righteousness but of love.
—Landor
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
—Emerson
He will find himself in a great mistake who either seeks a friend in a palace, or tries him at a feast.
—Seneca