Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

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

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.

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

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

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

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