Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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.

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

Real friends stab you in the front.

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

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

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

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.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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

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

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.

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

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

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

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