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.
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.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
