Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

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

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

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

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

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

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.

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.

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

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

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.