Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that read more

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent read more

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.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things read more

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for read more

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.