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

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

A friend to all is a friend to none.

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

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

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

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

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

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

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

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

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.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

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

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

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

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