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

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

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

Real friends stab you in the front.

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.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.

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

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

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

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

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Children make your life important.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

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

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.