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

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Real friends stab you in the front.

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

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

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

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

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

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.