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.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
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.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away
The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.
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.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.
