Recollect that the Almighty, who 
                                              gave the dog to be companion of 
                                              our pleasures and our toils, hath 
                                              invested him with a nature noble 
                                              and incapable of deceit”
                                              --Sir Walter Scott quotes 
                                              (Scottish Novelist, Poet, 
                                              Historian and Biographer, 
                                              1771-1832)
                                              
                                              
 
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                             
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              It is a 
                                              consolation to the wretched to 
                                              have companions in misery.
                                              --Publilius Syrus quotes 
                                              (Roman author, 1st century B.C.)
                                              
                                              
                                              
 
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                             
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              A merry 
                                              companion is as good as a wagon.
                                              --John Lyly quotes
                                              
                                              
                                              
 
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                             
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              A lively 
                                              imagination is one of the best 
                                              companions.
                                              --Frank Tyger quotes
                                              
                                              
                                              
 
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                             
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              When your 
                                              companions get drunk and fight, 
                                              take up your hat and wish them 
                                              good night.
                                              --Proverb quotes
                                              
                                              
                                              
 
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                             
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              He deserves 
                                              paradise who makes his companions 
                                              laugh.
                                              --quran quotes 
                                              (c. 651 AD)
                                              
                                              
                                              
 
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                             
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              Make your books 
                                              your companions.
                                              --The Talmud quotes
                                              
                                              
                                              
 
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                             
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              To take a wife 
                                              merely as an agreeable and 
                                              rational companion, will commonly 
                                              be found to be a grand mistake.
                                              --Lord Chesterfield quotes 
                                              (British Statesman, Diplomat and 
                                              Wit, 1694-1773)
                                              
                                              
                                              
 
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                             
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              He that loveth a 
                                              book will never want for a 
                                              faithful friend, a wholesome 
                                              counselor, a cheerful companion, 
                                              an effectual comforter.
                                              --Isaac Barrow quotes
                                              
                                              
                                              
 
                                              In 
                                              marriage do thou be wise: prefer 
                                              the person before money, virtue 
                                              before beauty, the mind before the 
                                              body; then thou hast a wife, a 
                                              friend, a companion, a second 
                                              self.
                                              --William Penn quotes 
                                              (English Quaker leader and
                                              Founder of Pennsylvania, 
                                              1644-1718)
                                              
                                              
                                              
 
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                             
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              When we cannot 
                                              bear to be alone, it means we do 
                                              not properly value the only 
                                              companion we will have from birth 
                                              to death - ourselves.
                                              --Eda J. Le Shan quotes
                                              
                                              
                                              
 
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                             
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              
                                              Our perfect 
                                              companions never have fewer than 
                                              four feet.
                                              --Sidonie Gabrielle quotes7