The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Source: Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments, Of Friendship (1794).
-- Joseph Addison, (May 1 1672-1719), English poet, essayist, playwright; He was a regular contributor to The Tatler (1709-11).