Bob Eckstein is a writer, illustrator, New Yorker cartoonist and, according to online magazine and travel company Atlas Obscura, a “national treasure.”

Muppeteer Jim Henson created a story that offers much hope and has remained relevant, entertaining and prophetic for almost 40 years.

Mononymous French author Colette kept good company, sharing this opinion of her favorite associates: “Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.”

Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles wrote mostly tragedies.

If pixies wrote personal ads or Tinder profiles, one might go like this: