Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.
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.
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.
What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
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.
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.
A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Real friends stab you in the front.
As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.
Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.
You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
