It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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.
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
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.
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.
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 friend is, as it were, a second self.