You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.

Man loves company, even if it is only that of a smoldering candle.

For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention.

People are know by the company they keep. Companies are known by the people they keep.

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one, they show one another off to the best advantage.

Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Company, villainous company, hath been the spoil of me.