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

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

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.

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.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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

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

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

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.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Real friends stab you in the front.

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.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

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

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

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