Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

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

A friend to all is a friend to none.

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

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

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

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

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.

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

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

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

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

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.