ACQUAINTANCE

We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.
Logan Pearsall Smith

Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.
Ambrose Bierce

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.
Edward M. Forster

The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
Logan Pearsall Smith