"Friendship renders prosperity more brilliant, while it lightens adversity by sharing it and making
the burden common."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero ( Roman orator, politician 106 - 43 BC)
"The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the
appalling things that the other people think of us."
- Quentin Crisp ( author, performer 1908-1999)