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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

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

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

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

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

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

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.