I get by with a little help from my friends.

Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.

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

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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

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

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

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

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, as it were, a second self.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

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.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.