One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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 live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
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.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Friendship is love without his wings!
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.
Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
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.
