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

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

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

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

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

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.