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

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

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

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.

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.

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

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

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

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.

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

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