You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

A friend to all is a friend to none.

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.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

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

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

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

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.