Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
Friends are nothing but a known enemy
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.