One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
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
Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.
Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back
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.