On friendship

Beyond benefit

Those who wish well to their friends for their sake are most truly friends.
AristotleNicomachean Ethics VIII.3
He who begins to be your friend because it pays will also cease because it pays.
SenecaMoral Letters to Lucilius 9
Sources

Aristotle · Nicomachean Ethics VIII.3
W. D. Ross translation.
An excerpt from a longer sentence, with the opening “Now” omitted.

Seneca · Moral Letters to Lucilius 9
Richard M. Gummere translation.

The Square · Alrewaq.org