The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

Children make your life important.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.