It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

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

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.

Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.

Real friends stab you in the front.

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.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

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

Children make your life important.

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

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

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

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

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

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

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

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.