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.
Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Real friends stab you in the front.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
