“For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother”

“A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.”

“The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find a friend worth dying for.”

“And for yourself, may the gods grant you your heart's desire, a husband and a home, and the blessing of a harmonious life. For nothing is greater or finer than this, when a man and woman live together with one hear and mind, bringing joy to their friends and grief to their foes.”

“Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.”

“There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.”

“I say no wealth is worth my life.”