[Epicurus] says that you should rather have regard to the company
with whom you eat and drink, than to read more

[Epicurus] says that you should rather have regard to the company
with whom you eat and drink, than to what you eat and drink.
[Ante, inquit, cicumspiciendum est, cum quibos edas et bibas,
quam quid edas et bibas.]

It takes two for a kiss
Only one for a sigh,
Twain by twain we marry
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It takes two for a kiss
Only one for a sigh,
Twain by twain we marry
One by one we die.

It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe.
[Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.]

It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe.
[Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.]

Ah, savage company; but in the church
With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.

Ah, savage company; but in the church
With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.

It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.

It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.

A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort.
[Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.]

A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort.
[Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.]

Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes.

Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes.

If it be honor in your wars to seem
The same you are not,--which, for your best ends,
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If it be honor in your wars to seem
The same you are not,--which, for your best ends,
You adopt your policy--how is it less or worse,
That it shall hold companionship in peace
With honour, as in war: since that to both
It stands in like request?

An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.

An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.