Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

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

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

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

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

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

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

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.