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

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

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.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

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

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

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

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

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

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

Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.