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

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

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

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

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

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

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

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

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

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

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

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

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

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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

Real friends stab you in the front.

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

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.