Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.
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.
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.
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.
Friendship is love without his wings!
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.
The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.
There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.
