The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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

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

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

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

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

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

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...

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

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.

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.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

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

Children make your life important.

Friends are nothing but a known enemy