A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.

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

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

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

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

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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

If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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

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

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

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.

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

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