Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

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

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

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.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

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

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

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

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

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

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

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

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.