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

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

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

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

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

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

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

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

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

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

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

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.

Friends are nothing but a known enemy