Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

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

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

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

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.

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

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

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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

Friendship is love without his wings!

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.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

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

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

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

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

I'm so happy. Cause today I found my friends.They're in my head.

Between friends there is no need of justice.

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

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