Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.

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

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

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

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

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

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

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

I get by with a little help from my friends.

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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.

Children make your life important.