Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven,
The noble mind's delight and pride,
To men and angels only given,
To all the lower world denied.
— Samuel Johnson
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Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Flowers are lovely; love is flower-like;
Friendship is a sheltering tree;
Oh the joys that came down shower-like,
Of friendship, love, and liberty,
Ere I was old!
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.