Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Children make your life important.

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

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

A friend to all is a friend to none.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.

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

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

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.

There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

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

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

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.

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.