There is no friend as loyal as a book.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
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.
Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.