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

If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

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

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

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

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

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

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

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

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

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

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

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.

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