1. A friend is, as it were, a second self. 

2. A friend is a second self. 

3. He is my best friend, my second self , as it were.

4. The gift is an irreversible transfer from ourselves to the second selves.

5. A friend is, as it were, a second self. - -- Cicero, Ancient Roman statesman.

6. A friend is, as it were, a second self. ---- Marcus Tullius Cicero.