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

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.

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

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.

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

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

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

Children make your life important.

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

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

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

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

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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

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.

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.