Company, Companions

For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention. – Lord Chesterfield

We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way. – Frank Moore Colby

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine. – John Gay

Man loves company, even if it is only that of a smoldering candle. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and youre nuts to stay there. – Thomas J. Peters

The ability to sign a check is the least reliable guide to a companys fitness. – David Plowright

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Company, villainous company, hath been the spoil of me. – William Shakespeare

Weve got a lemon factory and were turning out 80-85 percent lemons. – Albert Shanker

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect. – Robert Louis Stevenson

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else. – Robert Louis Stevenson

I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls. – Henry David Thoreau

People are know by the company they keep. Companies are known by the people they keep. – Source Unknown