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

Children make your life important.

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

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.

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

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

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.

Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

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

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

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.