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

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

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.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you

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

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

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

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.