“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine
“I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better
“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world
“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it
“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them
“Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole