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.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

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

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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

Between friends there is no need of justice.

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

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

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

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

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.

Friendship is love without his wings!

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

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

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

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

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

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

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

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.