As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
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.
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.
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
Friends are nothing but a known enemy
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
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.
