A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
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.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Real friends stab you in the front.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
