A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself. James Boswell
 

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. Pythagoras
 

“Friends show their love in times of trouble.” Euripides
 

“It is a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved by many friends” – Euripides.
 

“Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.” Euripides
 

“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.” Euripides
 

“Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.” Euripides
 

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. Thomas Aquinan.
 

“Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.” Socrates.
 

Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you. Madame de Tencin.
 

"Every man passes his life in the search after friendship." Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
 

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington.
 

Life is to be fortified by many friendships.
To love, and to be loved, is the greatest
happiness of existence. -- Sydney Smith
 

“Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?” Robert Louis Stevenson.
 

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. Robert Louis Stevenson.
 

So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend. Robert Louis Stevenson.
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