In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.

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

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

To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away

A man should never neglect his family for business.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

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

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

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.

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

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

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

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

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

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.