The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

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.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

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

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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

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

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

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