Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.
Children make your life important.
The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
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.
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.
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.