As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

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.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

Real friends stab you in the front.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Between friends there is no need of justice.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

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

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.

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