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.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
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.
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Friendship is love without his wings!
To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away
No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.
Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.
If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.