"Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend." ― Plautus Topic(s): Friendship More From Plautus "Courage in danger is half the battle." "Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." "He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound." More In Friendship "Never have a companion that casts you in the shade."― Baltasar Gracian "Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity."― Charles Caleb Colton "Self-preservation is the first law of nature."― Samuel Butler