So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

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

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

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

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

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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.

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

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

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

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

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.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

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

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.

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