Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world." --Eleanor Roosevelt

I think it makes sense that in order to be a friend, you need to be a good friend with thyself.

I read a short story by the name of "Salt and Bread" It is about three girls and their father. He had been hearing rumors that his youngest daughter did not love him, so one day he questioned her by asking her how she could describe her loving feelings. She answered: "Oh, my father, I value you as salt and bread." The King, the father, became furious. This confirmed the rumors that her jealous sisters had spread about their youngest sister. It turns out that, at the end of the story, the King realizes that salt and bread are of great value. In order to love thyself, one should do even little acts of love toward oneself, they actually may not be small, but, like the King, we may think that it is of little value.