We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.

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

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...

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.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

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

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.