We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.
Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life far the greatest is the possession of Friendship.
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet,than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.