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

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

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.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

A friend to all is a friend to none.