“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”
—Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C.-65 A.D.), Stoic philosopher, writer, tutor



“Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] (1819-1880), novelist


“Friendship is love with understanding.”
—Proverb



“True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.”
—Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832), clergyman, author