Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
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.
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
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.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
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.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity
You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you
Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.