A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

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

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

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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

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

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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

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

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.

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

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

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

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

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.