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

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

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

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

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

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

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...

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.

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.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Children make your life important.

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

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

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.