A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

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

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

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

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

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

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

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

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

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.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

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