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

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

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

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

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

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

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.