"Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake."

- William Blake, sent in by Lauren "Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art."

- Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616) Spanish novelist.

"Have no friends not equal to yourself."

- Confucious (551 - 497 BC) Chinese philosopher.

"Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends."

- Jacques Delille (1738 - 1813) French poet.

"A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) US poet & essayist.

"Keep your friendships in repair."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (as above)

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair."

- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) British lexiographer.