“A friend is worth all hazards we can run.”

— Edward Young, Night Thoughts (1742), Night II

About Edward Young

1683 – 1765

English poet, author of "Night Thoughts".

“Less base the fear of death than fear of life.”

“Time wasted is existence, used is life.”

“Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, 'That my heart has bled.'”

“If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.”

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

“I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”

“A true friend is one who is, as it were, a second self.”

“May we never want a friend in need, nor a bottle to give him!”

“Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.”