Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

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

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.

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

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

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

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

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

Real friends stab you in the front.

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

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

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.