Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots. George Santayana
One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. See image George Santayana
Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths. See image George Santayana
Men almost universally have acknowledged providence, but that fact has had no force to destroy natural aversions and fears in the presence of events. See image George Santayana