Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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

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.

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

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

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

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

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

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

Friendship is love without his wings!

A friend to all is a friend to none.

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.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.