No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

A good friend is better than a near relation.

After you are gone, people may forget most of what you have said and done. But they will remember that you loved them.

NOBODY knows better than you what's right for you. NOBODY. Let me say what I really mean: NOBODY. Advice? Get some. Oracles? Consult them. Friends? Worship them. Actual gurus? Honour them. Final say? YOU. All you. No matter what. No matter how psychic that psychic is, or how rich the business consultant is, or how magical the healer, or bendy the yoga instructor. All that experts offer you is data for you to take into consideration. YOU are the centrifugal force that must filter, interpret, and give meaning to that data.