In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.

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

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

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Children make your life important.

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

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

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

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

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

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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

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

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