I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
Children make your life important.
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.
Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
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
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
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.
The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
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.
To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away
The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.