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

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

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

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

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.

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

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

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

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

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

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.