Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.
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.
Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
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.
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.
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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.
