Between friends there is no need of justice.

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Friendship is love without his wings!

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

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

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.

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

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

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.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.