Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
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.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
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.
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.
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.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
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.
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
