Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

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.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Friendship is love without his wings!

Between friends there is no need of justice.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

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

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

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