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

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.

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

Misfortune shows those who are not really 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.

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.

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

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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

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

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

There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

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

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

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.