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.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
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.
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.
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.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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.
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
I get by with a little help from my 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.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
