The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

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

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

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

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

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

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

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

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

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.