A friend is, as it were, a second self.

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

The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.

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

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

Friendship is love without his wings!

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

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

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

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

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

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

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

Real friends stab you in the front.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.