No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.

To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away

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

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

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

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

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

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.

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

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Children make your life important.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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

Friendship is love without his wings!

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.

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.