Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.

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

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

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

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

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

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

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

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.

Between friends there is no need of justice.

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.

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.

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

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

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.