Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
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.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.
Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.
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.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
