Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.
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.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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 new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
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.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
