Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

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

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

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

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

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

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

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.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

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

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 meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.