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

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

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

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.

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

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

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

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

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

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

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.

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

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.