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

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

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

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.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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.

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

Children make your life important.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

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

A friend to all is a friend to none.