Friendship

"Of all the things that wisdom provides for living one's entire life in happiness, the greatest by far is the possession of friendship."

"The same knowledge that makes one confident that nothing dreadful is eternal or long-lasting, also recognizes in the face of these limited evils the security afforded by friendship."

Note that friendship is an outgrowth of virtue. It is the virtue of wisdom that provides for the possession of friendship. Is that because without virtue we would not attract friends, or not know how to act in order to keep them, or would fail to prize them highly enough to maintain the friendship?

- Epicurus