Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

I get by with a little help from my friends.

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

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 there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

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

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

Children make your life important.

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

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

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

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.

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

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.