It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

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

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

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.

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

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.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

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

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

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

If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

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

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.

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

I get by with a little help from my friends.

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