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.
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
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.
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.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
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.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
