“There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.Edgar Allan Poe
“The rare few, who, early in life, have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.James McNeill Whistler
“One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man’s companions are very few.Theognis
“A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are. William Shakespeare
“When love begins to sicken and decay, It useth an enforced ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and simple faith. William Shakespeare
“It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won’t save us any more than love did.F. Scott Fitzgerald