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

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

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

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

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

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

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

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

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

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

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

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

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

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

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

Friendship is love without his wings!