"I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." ― Henry David Thoreau Topic(s): Friendship Tags: chairs, house, three More From Henry David Thoreau "Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself." "I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while." "As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society." More In Friendship "It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them."― Gilbert Parker "What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?"― Anais Nin "There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love."― William Hazlitt