Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
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
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.
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.
No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.
True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
