Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
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.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.
Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.