“a friend is a second self”
“A friend is a second self.”
“In a friend you find a second self.”
“A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.”
“Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.”
“We talk of choosing our friends, but our friends are self-elected.”