"Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"A decent boldness ever meets with friends."
~ Homer
"At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry."
~ Victor Hugo
"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."
~ Thomas Jefferson
