Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.
A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.