Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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.
Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
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.
There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.
Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity
The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.
True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
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.
Children make your life important.
