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

Between friends there is no need of justice.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

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.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

Friendship is love without his wings!

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

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

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

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

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

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

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