A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.
True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
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.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Children make your life important.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
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.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.