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.

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.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

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

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

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

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

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

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

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

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

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

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

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

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

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.

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.