Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

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

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

I'm so happy. Cause today I found my friends.They're in my head.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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

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

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

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.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

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

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

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.