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

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

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.

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

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

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

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

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

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

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

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

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

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.