Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
Between friends there is no need of justice.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
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.
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.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.