Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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

Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.

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

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

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

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

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

There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

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 is one who has the same enemies as you have.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

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

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

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

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

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