Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.