A friend is, as it were, a second self. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book."

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."

"Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty."

"What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk."