Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship

Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life far the greatest is the possession of Friendship.

The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the end their happiness and suffering depend on their thoughts and actions, not on our wishes.