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

A friend to all is a friend to none.

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

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.

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

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

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.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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

You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

Between friends there is no need of justice.

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

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

Children make your life important.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

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

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

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.