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.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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

I get by with a little help from my friends.

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

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.

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

A friend to all is a friend to none.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

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

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

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

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

Real friends stab you in the front.

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

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

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

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

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