Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
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 makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
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.
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.
True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
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.
If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.
