Love is further strengthened by the receiving of a kindly service, by the evidence of another's care for us, and by closer familiarity

Love is further strengthened by the receiving of a kindly service, by the evidence of another's care for us, and by closer familiarity. M. Tullius Cicero. Laelius on friendship. Section 29.

Image: The Players of Astragali, from Herculaneum, painted on marble, a work signed by Alexander of Athens. Names written in Greek beside each figure identify them as Phoebe who tries to pacify Latona and Niobe, while on the ground two of the niobides, Hilearia and Agle, continue to play with the astragali (small knucklebones used as dice), unaware of their impending death. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Olivierw.