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

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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

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

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

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

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.

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

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

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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.

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

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

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

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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

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

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

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.