The comfort of having a friend may be taken away - but not that of having had one.  Seneca quotes A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. King Solomon quotes One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. Sophocles quotes A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. Washington Irving quotes We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love. William Hazlitt quotes Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. Woodrow T. Wilson quotes A faithful friend is a strong defense, and he that hath found such a one hath found a treasure. The Bible quotes A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity (Proverbs 17:17). The Bible quotes Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him. A new friend is a new wine; when if is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure. The Bible quotes Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Mencius quotes | 
