Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
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.
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
Friendship is love without his wings!