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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

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

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

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.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

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

If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

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.

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

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

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

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

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

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

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

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

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