There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

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

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

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.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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

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

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

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

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