It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Real friends stab you in the front.
If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
Friendship is love without his wings!
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
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.
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
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.
