The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes. – Sallust

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it. – E. W. Howe

She discovered with great delight that one does not love ones children just because they are ones children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I had three chairs in my house one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. – Henry David Thoreau