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

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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

You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

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

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

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

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

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

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

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

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

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away