Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.
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.
Between friends there is no need of justice.
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.