A friend to all is a friend to none.

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

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

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

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

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

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

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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

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

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

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

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.