In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

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

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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

Friendship is love without his wings!

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

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

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.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

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

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.