The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.
Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
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.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
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.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
Friendship is love without his wings!
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.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.
