We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
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.
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.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
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.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
