“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“You have only one friend in this world, yourself.”
“When it comes to books and friends, it is best to have only a few but all good ones.”
“I have only one friend, and that is echo. Why is it my friend? Because I love my sorrow, and echo does not take it away from me. I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night. Why is it my confidant? Because it remains silent.”
“How does one keep from “growing old inside”? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people…. Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are dispensable.”