“Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.”– Marcus Tullius Cicero Related Quotes “A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.”– William Penn “Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.”– Oliver Goldsmith “The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.”– Ulysses S. Grant