Quotes about Companionship

A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.

Men cannot know each other till they have 'eaten salt together'.

Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.

I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence.

I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence.

Now, Watson,' said Holmes, (...) 'you'll come with me, won't you?' 'If I can be of use.' 'Oh, a trusty comrade is always of use. And a chronicler still more so. My room at The Cedars is a double-bedded one.' (...) 'You have a grand gift of silence, Watson,' said he. 'It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. Pon my word, it is a great thing for me to have someone to talk to, for my own thoughts are not over-pleasant.

How shall I ever forget that dreadful vigil? I could not hear a sound, not even the drawing of a breath, and yet I knew that my companion sat open-eyed, within a few feet of me, in the same state of nervous tension in which I was myself. The shutters cut off the least ray of light, and we waited in absolute darkness.

In the high tide or low tide, I'm gonna be your friend... I'm gonna be your friend!

One friend in a storm is worth more than a thousand friends in sunshine.

A bevy of fair women.

Solitude sometimes is best society.

During this period, so many important events have occurred, and such changes in men and things have taken place, as the compass of a letter would give you but an inadequate idea of. None of which events, however, nor all of them together, have been able to eradicate from my mind, the recollection of those happy moments—the happiest of my life—which I have enjoyed in your company.