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

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

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

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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 good friend will always stab you in the front.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

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

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

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

Children make your life important.

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

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

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

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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

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

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.