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.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
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 is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
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 truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.
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.
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
