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

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

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

Real friends stab you in the front.

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

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

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

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

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.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

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

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

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.