"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."
"To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die."
"The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter."
"A friend is, as it were, a second self."
"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."