I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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

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.

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

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

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

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.

Real friends stab you in the front.

Friendship is love without his wings!

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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

There is no friend as loyal as a book.