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

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

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.

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

Friendship is love without his wings!

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

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

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.

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

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

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

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

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

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.