Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

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.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

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

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

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.

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

Children make your life important.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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

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