As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

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

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Between friends there is no need of justice.

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

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

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

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

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

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

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.