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.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

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

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

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

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

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

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

Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.