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

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

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

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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

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.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

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.

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.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.

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

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

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

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.