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

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Children make your life important.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

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.

Real friends stab you in the front.

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

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.

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

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

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.

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

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

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

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