The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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

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

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

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

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

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

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.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.