A friend is, as it were, a second self.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.
Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
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.
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
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.