A friend is, as it were, a second self.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

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

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

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

Misfortune shows those who are not really 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

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.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

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

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

A friend to all is a friend to none.