The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

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

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

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

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

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

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

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

To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

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

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

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.

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