A friend to all is a friend to none.

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

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

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.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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

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

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

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

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

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

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.

Children make your life important.

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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.