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.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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

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

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

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

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

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

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

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

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

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

Children make your life important.

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.

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

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

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

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