Tell me thy company, and I’ll tell thee what thou art.

Keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

For friendship, like freedom, must be tended.

I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.