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Algernon Charles Swinburne
No blast of air or fire of sun Puts out the light whereby we run With girdled loins our lamplit race, And each from each takes heart of grace And spirit till his turn be done.
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Bible
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
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Christopher Marlowe
It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all.
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Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero
Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime congregantur.
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Dante Dante Alighieri
Ah, savage company; but in the church With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.
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Mrs. Parr
Two i's company, three i's trumpery.
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Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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.
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Simon Forman
It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe. Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.
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Syrus Publilius Syrus
A pleasure companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. Lat., Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo est.
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The Talmud
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
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William Shakespeare
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?
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